Everyone likes a story, and people love to tell their own. Children adore listening to and watching stories. If you want to become a good storyteller, use appropriate animated facial expressions, body language, and mime. In addition, you can use role-playing methods.

Role-Playing Using Facial and Body Language

Imagine you're telling a story that has two characters, one on your left and one on your right. Simply apply a body shift to represent the position of these characters. To body shift, just turn your torso. Let us imagine that your story characters are an ogre and a princess. In order to demonstrate these characters, put the ogre on the right and the princess on the left. When you turn your torso to the right, adopt the ogre's character with a big, upright chest puffed out. When you turn left, adopt a soft, sweet feminine posture.

Throughout your story use an appropriate eye gaze that models the characters'perspectives. For instance, when the ogre speaks to the princess, look left with the appropriate eye gaze for his character. Without even realizing it, your facial and body language can convey a concept: the ogre's infatuation with the lovely princess. The secret is in the eyes — blink repeatedly, fluttering your eyelashes while slightly swaying back and forth.

Storytelling with Style

If you are a professional who works with young children, have children of your own, or have friends who like to have fun, try imitating two characters in the manner described. Your audience will be delighted with this type of visual enhancement. When you first begin to practice role-playing, you don't even need to sign. Just start by enhancing your storytelling with body shifts, body mannerisms, appropriate facial expressions, and eye gazes. Soon, you will be taking a bow and doing an encore.