Daily Archives: November 12, 2024

Fairytales are not only good for children, but crucial for intellectual and personal development. The Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children” by Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson, does a great job in explaining how children can use fairytales to work through anxiety and trauma. As someone who is chronically anxious this resonates with me, it can be difficult to express what I am feeling due to burden, embarrassment, or guilt. In VisikoKnox-Johnson’s article, she provides an explanation of how children can resonate with a character based on experiences both the child and the character goes through. In Maria Tartar’s “Why Fairy Tales Matter” she discusses imagination, creativity, and intellectual development that comes from reading Fairy Tales. The curiosity a can have when reading words or phrases that aren’t typically used makes the child want to know what it means. A child can gain a higher quality vocabulary than through educational programming alone.