When teaching a truth or explaining a fact,
You can’t just recite it and leave it at that.
The facts may be firm and the principles sound,
But without a good story, they don’t stick around.
An example will show what we should know here,
bringing it to life, making it quite clear.
An analogy builds a bright, wonderful bridge,
From what we don’t know to what’s real as a fridge.
A story? Oh, yes. It’s a marvelous thing,
Grabbing our hearts, making our hearts sing.
It carries us forward on a narrative track,
And before you know it, you’re not turning back.
So when you explain, don’t just give a rule.
Don’t be a dry, boring nonfiction school.
Use examples that sparkle and bridges that fit.
Tell stories that linger and lovingly stick.
When lessons fall flat and are dry as a bone,
It’s stories and pictures that make them your own.
That’s how you teach, whether big, deep, or small—
By making truth come to life—so it reaches us all.
