The panchatantra moral/educational stories are one of the most popular collection's of animal based fables.Originally written in sanskrit language, each of these fables has an associated moral.These stories are light, colourful and appropriate, even for tiny tot's and provide valuable lesson's that stay in their mind's forever.The legend about the origin of panchatantra traces back into the times of king amarashakti, who appointed a scholar named vishnu sharma to educate his three son's.Vishnu sharma realized that conventional tool's and techniques of teaching did not work well with these princes and so, decided to teach them through stories, instead.He, therefore, wrote a collection of stories under the following five volumes and so it was named as panchatantra(Pancha = five + tantra = system's.).Mitra labha(Gaining friend's.) collection of stories related to winning friend's.Mitra bheda(Losing friend's) collection of stories related to losing friend's.Apar ksitak rakam(Acting without thinking.) collection of stories about how imprudence lead's to losing what is important.Labdhapran sam(Loss of gain's.) collection of stories that mention how to come out of difficult situation's without losing thing's.K kol k yam(Crow's and owl's.) collection of stories about rules and strategies of war and peace.The panchatantra was translated into many languages including english, various indian vernacular languages like persian and arabic.To make story time fun and informative, here are some stories from panchtantra that will not only enhance your child's imagination but also teach them something.Tip's to remember when reading a bedtime story to your child.Act like the character.When you get into the zone of the character, it makes your child's imagination soar.To make thing's more interesting, you could ask your child what he think's a character would sound like.Then, continue on with that voice.Put a finger on every word as you read it.Reading these stories with your child will also help develop his communication and grammar skill's.Enunciate every word you read and try making him spell word's out loud.However, don't turn story time into a lesson for him, make sure to do this only every now and then.Make it interactive.A lot of the stories you read involve scenes where character's decide what they have to do.In such a case, you can ask your child what he/she would do if he was a character in the story.That way, your child will be involved in the story and you can also explain to him/her how certain action's have consequences.Young children often enjoy bed time stories and it has become a traditional way to put their curious mind's to rest.Besides making them go to bed with a smile, bedtime stories help their mental and social development in a very subtle yet powerful way.So, make sure to read your child a story to bed whenever you can.
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