Storytelling is a complex ability that involves cognitive and linguistic skills to structure and narrate a storyline. The storytelling activities help children to improve their oral language skills and support their literacy development.

Storytelling activities in early childhood supports vocabulary acquisition, language complexity, communicative competence and comprehension. The oral language activities at home can be more beneficial for vocabulary development of bilingual children than literacy activities.

Storytelling also provide psychosocial benefits for children. While bolstering curiosity, exploration of ideas, imagination, critical thinking skills and problem-solving, it also contributes to children making meaning of their personal experiences.