How to Nurture Storytelling

You don’t need elaborate setups to inspire storytelling. All it takes is a small stage, a few characters, and time for the story to grow.

Children think in action long before they think in words. When your child creates her own miniature world - rearranging rooms, moving figures, muttering dialogue under her breath - she’s strengthening memory, focus, and empathy. These are the building blocks of narrative thinking.

How to Support Story Growth

Set the stage. Choose a low table or mat where her world can stay for a few days. Returning to the same setting helps her deepen the story.
Offer props, not scripts. Add one new item now and then - a chair, a cup, a wooden pet. Let her decide what it becomes.
Listen, don’t lead. When you hear quiet dialogue, that’s internal thought taking shape. She’s narrating her ideas before she can write them.
Celebrate the twists. Every “plot change” - a missing spoon, a new visitor - teaches flexibility and problem-solving.

Playthings That Spark Stories

For richer storytelling, mix classic and whimsical worlds:

The Dovetail House offers multiple rooms for complex scenes and evolving relationships.
The Merrywood Tales collection brings woodland adventure to life - ideal for children exploring emotion through character.
Add depth with individual animal figures who can move between worlds, encouraging flexibility and imagination.
Our Mentari table top theatre is a great toy to get started with storytelling.