When I was your age – A Mini Animated Series

‘When I was your age’ is a mini animated series featuring short and sweet anecdotes passed down from one generation to the next through shared memories, bringing old world charm and the simplicity of “the good old days” alive through imaginative storytelling, emotive narration and character voices. Stories that grandparents remember, parents can share, and children will treasure; bringing Asia’s old world charm to life for a new generation.

These stories are nostalgic and are meant to be a beautiful bonding opportunity between generations introducing new age kids to a bygone era offering cultural context, reflective takeaways with a glossary of terms and popular English phrases with their meanings… edutaining for young minds.

The intention is for this story to be part of a series of stories, originating in the Asian region, highlighting the culture, people and anecdotes of the past. All stories in these series will begin with, “When I was about your age…..” Children enjoy stories narrated by their own parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts as it gives them a feeling of connection, history and bonds them to their roots, grounding them and adding a sense of identity, which then lends beautifully to their personality development. The intention is for more such refreshing short stories to be carried forward for posterity.

Kids will get insights into the country of origin, presenting a flavour of the land, its people and their culture in a novel, subtle way making it interesting enough for little minds to absorb.

The difference between traditional folk tales or far-fetched, some even a bit horrifying, fairy tales and these stories is their simplicity and uniqueness, all based on true life incidents or every day family life, related by actual relatives, drawing from their own childhood memory bank. Young kids will be delighted and will very easily relate to stories such as this.

These stories do not have an obvious moral or learning. But if parents were to look closely, play it over and discuss the story and the characters with their child, they could teach them valuable life lessons and get them in the ‘healthy curiosity’ habit to learn more by delving into the minute details. Parents are encouraged to explain the ‘Glossary of terms’, the explanations and the discussion notes at the end of each story, which will offer a holistic perspective.

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