My kids always wait for the end of the day when they can crawl to their beds and listen to the stories that I read from books till they fall asleep. This is the time that we all share together and this is how I have introduced daily reading in my children’s life. Nowadays, we all have hectic schedules and bedtime stories are diminishing ad so are their benefits that kids receive from them. Research has stated that nearly a third of parents never read a story to their kids at night and about 4% young kids do not have a single book with them.
Bedtime stories not only offer educational benefits, but the stories are perfectly crafted with emotional life lessons that can be subconsciously instilled into them. Panchatantra stories for kids are a great compilation of interwoven tales in prose or poetry and most of them are animal fables. Compiled in Sanskrit and Pali, it is attributed to Pandit Vishnu Sharma, who was considered a famous scholar around 3rd BCE. But these stories have been adapted and translated by various regions and languages later on. Most of the stories represent an ancient lifestyle that illustrates the basic Hindu principles of Niti- the wise conduct of life.
Panchatantra story for kids are divided into 5 different parts and each of them revolve around a fame story that contains embedded stories, sometimes three or four levels deep. These stories are famous all over the world because of the witty moral values and elegant representation that it shares. It is a unique representation of Ancient India to the entire world that was equally cherished by the young and the old, rich and poor, high and low. The collection of fables revealed the basic knowledge of wisdom that helped to teach little kids the ways to make one’s life happier, fuller and richer.
All the stories of Panchatantra share a moral value that is presented in a simple manner and one popular moral is how to treat people correctly. The stories are excellent means to bring a specific situation of life before the child and create a great chance to ask whether what someone is doing is correct or not, thereby building up their understanding of appropriate moral judgement.
Bedtime stories are great means to expand the vocabulary of the child’s growing mind and help to communicate. Panchatantra stories for kids are also great ways to see their understanding of moral values. Stories like the Brahmin and the Crooks, the Monkey and the Wedges, the Cobra and the Crows etc. all are wonderful stories of moral lessons.