SHARE YOUR STORY As I grew up, I listened to my grandparents, great aunts and uncles and my parents spin stories of “the good old days.” “Great Grandpa did this…,” my grandma would begin. “Oh yea,” My great aunt would reply, “Well, Aunt Beatrice did that…” As I sat and listened, my imagination ran wild with pictures, some of which were actually based on places I had visited and people I had known. I pictured younger versions of the people before me, and my mind’s video editor filled in the rest of the picture for me. Recently I listened to a podcast about the brain and what is happening when we use language. In the podcast, Dr. Ginger Campbell interviewed Ben Berger about his book, Louder than Words. Listening to this podcast, I took away some wonderful insight that helps me as a teacher, and it easily connects to stories and teaching. As it turns out, the excitement that helps us remember all of the stor...