Storytelling is a means for sharing and interpreting experiences. It can be used as a method to teach ethics, values, and cultural norms and differences and learning is most effective when it takes place in social environments that provide authentic social cues about how knowledge is to be applied. Stories function as a tool to pass on knowledge in a social context.

The library club vice president, Reina Mae Pajora, brought her classmates Trisha Alcantara, Louise Guzman, Hasmin Bona and JM Boyles to help her do the storytelling. As the storytelling goes on, the children seems to enjoy the story because we asked them of what story will read and they chose ‘Max takes the train’. We also give a lot of candies for their prize because they are listening, reciting and sharing of what they have thought and that shows that they learned many things about the story.

Stories tend to be based on experiential learning, but learning from an experience is not automatic. Often a person needs to attempt to tell the story of that experience before realizing its value. In this case, it is not only the children who learns, but us(storytellers) who also becomes aware of our own unique experiences and background. This process of storytelling is empowering as our effectively conveys ideas and, with practice, is able to demonstrate the potential of human accomplishment. Storytelling taps into existing knowledge and creates bridges both culturally and motivationally toward a solution.

We also learned many things from them. We’ve learned on how to communicate on kids especially when you need to have patience on them. You will get to know them one by one as you approach them. This teaching practice of storytelling allowed children to talk to us and listen so they can tell to us how they feel and formulate ideas based on their own experiences and perspectives. Having this experience