Children need stories for many reasons. They satisfy their curiosity to fly into a different world. They have the power to teach many morals simply and engagingly. Stories also introduce children to another entirely different set of characters that they do not witness in their daily lives.

That said, there are many genres of children's stories. Adventure stories for children, funny stories for children, moral stories for children, cultural stories for children, ancient folklore, etc. Depending on the type of niche of the story that we choose to narrate to kids, they impart related morals and lessons to them.

Akbar Birbal stories are one such evergreen genre of stories in the moral stories for children. They have been gaining love from children and adults alike for many generations in India and worldwide. The fact being they are short, fun-filled, and teach children how to get away from challenging situations with some presence of mind.

By listening to Akbar Birbal stories, children gain many advantages:

Learn tact of life: Birbal always gets away from the wrath of his king Akbar with his tact. This is very important in today’s life to deal with both professional and personal challenges. 

Develops presence of mind: In many stories of Akbar and Birbal, it so happens that Birbal solves the toughest puzzles or the spot questions with his presence of mind. It seems very fascinating for normal people and imagines how kids will be thrilled when they listen to Akbar Birbal stories. They will learn how to think about the presence of the mind by following such nice stories. 

Introduce the way of traditional lifestyle: Akbar Birbal stories are fictional and date back to the times when India was being ruled by Mughal emperors. The narration, the scenes, and the characters in the stories all reflect those day’s culture and lifestyle. By listening to the Akbar Birbal stories, kids will understand how people used to live, earn, cook, eat, raise animals, deal with businesses, elders, kings, communicate, traveled, clothed, and many more beautiful aspects of those times.

Improve language skills: Akbar Birbal stories are simple to read and understand. By handing a well-written book about Akbar Birbal stories, children will learn to read on their own without themselves knowing. This develops their reading habits and builds good vocabulary and language skills too.

Develop bonds: Akbar Birbal stories talk about human bonds in many situations. The Mothers and the Baby story, the Lamp and the Lake story, etc. teach how people bond together and toil for making their ends meet. Children will understand the real meaning of life and the beauty of bonding and hard work.

To teach morals: Of course, the Akbar Birbal stories teach morals in an easy to understand way. In one of the stories, the King delivers a wrong judgment to a poor man who stands in a chilling lake the whole night. Birbal teaches that King is wrong in a very tactful way. Similarly, in another story, Birbal teaches lessons to greedy Brahmins who advise wrongly to the King. All such stories tell that Greed is wrong, Justice will come late, etc. morals to kids in a thoughtful way.

Good quality time: Storytelling in itself provides quality time for both parents and children. By narrating Akbar Birbal stories with your children, you can relax and unwind on a long day. You can see your kids' faces glow with smiles and happiness. Similarly, they will get a feeling that the parents are spending their time with them which builds trust and a sense of security in them.

So, make sure to share and narrate Akbar Birbal stories with your little ones!!