Children growing up in the information age have quick and easy access to events around the world, opinions about them and a multitude of perspectives. In the world of post truths, access to ‘knowledge’ needs to be accompanied with the ability to discern fact from fiction, personal opinion from community-based perspectives, and critiques from propaganda. These abilities do not develop through mere reading of textbooks but through education in values and life skills. Educators argue for values and life skills to be integrated into the various disciplinary subjects. However, there is merit in going beyond disciplinary subjects and textbooks. Teaching through stories holds a lot of appeal particularly for engaging children. This is equally meaningful for home and school.
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