Diwali storytelling session for Pre-School and Pre-Primary

'There are two ways to share knowledge - you can either push the information out or you can share it with a story.' People of all ages, especially children have an innate love for stories. Stories have the power to stir both wonder and imagination. Storytelling is also a useful medium to communicate with students and enable them to appreciate diversity and respect differences. A familiarisation with different peoples, their cultures, countries and religions etc gets quietly imbibed. [gallery link="none" ids="8658,8659,8660"] With Diwali around the corner, a storytelling session was organised for the students of Pre-School and Pre-Primary on 21st October, 2016.Ms. Sonia Duggal of Harper Collins Publishers India, commenced her session by introducing Diwali as a festival of lights, joy and happiness.The students then enthusiastically listened to stories associated with the five days of festivity associated with Diwali, namely, Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Lakshmi Puja on Diwali, Govardhan Puja and Bhai Duj. The values of the festivalthat are woven with the lore too got conveyed joyously.The storytelling session involved a hands' -on craft activity, where the students were given strips of coloured paper and taught to create beautiful candles by folding, with the help of their teachers.Emphasis was also laid on the importance of staying way from fireworks and celebrating wholeheartedly with diyas, rangolis, and such. Ms. Clara Soreng.