Teaching Values with Stories and Tales in the Preschool Period

Abstract

The preschool period is a time when children develop their character and they gain skills they can use throughout their life. During this period, national, religious and moral sentiments of children are shaped and they internalize the values they learn. It is not possible for preschoolers to learn values cognitively through reading, writing, and listening. The introduction of affective and pscyho-motor dimensions requires conscious efforts of role models. The most important materials used for teaching values during the preschool period are stories and tales. We believe that this theoretical study examining how stories and tales can be used as a material to teach children values will be helpful for teachers involved in preschool education, families, program development experts and the relevant departments of the ministry.

Keywords: Preschool Education, Story, Tale, Value Education