From Disney's The Princess & the Frog movie.
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
Oh those wonderful fairy tales! I read so many as I was growing up. The Princess and the Frog - Cinderella – Rumpelstiltskin – Little Red Riding Hood - and many, many more. Those stories were so enjoyable and filled with immense creativity that stirred my imagination. Are there really talking frogs? Why would a princess kiss a frog? Can a frog actually turn into a handsome prince? Would the prince ever be able to turn back into a frog again?
Why read fairy tales to and with your children? The genius Albert Einstein knew why, and that is the foundation for his quote which inspired my blog post. He understood what I as a child experienced while reading them – a creative imagination being massaged and developed. Fairy tales cause a child’s mind to think outside of the box, beyond every day natural occurrences. They stir a young brain to work and think differently and to ask questions. If a princess will kiss a frog, what else is possible? With our imagination, we can imagine anything. I truly believe that Einstein read so many fairy tales that they eventually impacted his intelligence, ultimately causing him to come up with the theory of relativity.