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Re: How to Tell the Best Bedtime Stories
Apr 9, 2008 6:17 PM
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I like that
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Re: How to Tell the Best Bedtime Stories
Feb 29, 2008 9:48 AM
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We have done the same thing with our 4 year old. We have two differnt stories going on presently. One is about the grumpy old man that loves apples and the other is about Princess Ishkabibble and her mom Queen Anabelle and Dad King George. They go through some pretty different adventures with some very strange friends. Oh I almost forgot about Uncle Bob who loves to eat corn on the cob. These stories are great for our 30 minute commute home and as bed time stories.
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How to Tell the Best Bedtime Stories
Jan 22, 2008 3:29 PM
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We’ve got a million or so children’s books, but some nights I can barely keep my eyes open to read one. My son still wants a story. So I’ve become a pro at making stories up for him. I’ve found that by remembering just a few key points it’s easy to create a story that will satisfy most kids.
The first thing to do is come up with a distinctive character. Sure, there are lots of great stories written about a normal boy or girl. But when you start with a man who is an inch tall, or who has a bad habit of eating flowers, the story almost tells itself. The weirder the character, the better.
Then, put the character in terrible danger. Maybe the one-inch-tall man gets swallowed by a snake. Or the flower eater tries to eat flowers in a troll’s garden and gets captured. The more dangerous, the better. Show no mercy. Have him hanging onto life by the thinnest thread.
Next, and this is a huge crowd-pleaser, introduce a little bit of grossness. You might want to keep your story dignified, but trust me — your kid doesn’t want the one-inch man to just end up in the snake’s stomach. You know where this is going. Give the people what they want. They’ll love you for it.
Finally, your character has to survive. Barely. This may sound obvious but it’s important, because if your character survives, then you can use him again in a slightly different adventure the next night, and any other time your kid is bored and needs to be distracted. That’s what I call a “happily ever after.”
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