Introduction: Why are nursery rhymes and fairy tales important? Nursery rhymes are strong in rhythm, rhyme, and repetition Learn the basic patterns of story patterns including plot, theme, and character Can teach lessons about actions and consequences Knowing the original tale builds a platform for understanding & appreciating fractured tales Shake Your Sillies Out, clap… Continue reading Fairy Good Tales: Little Red Riding Hood
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Fairy Good Tales: Three Billy Goats Gruff
A trip trappy hello to you! This next on Fairy Good Tales, I present those grass-chomping conquistadors: the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Storytime! Three Billy Goats Gruff - Storytell the original -Review Questions: What does cranky mean? Why do you think the troll was cranky? What makes you cranky? Action Activity: Sizes—Remind children that there… Continue reading Fairy Good Tales: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Fairy Good Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk
Fee fi fo fum I smell the blood of an Englishman Be he alive or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread Anger issues, amirite? Well, our trusty Jack (who just can't stay out of fairytales and rhymes) comes to reclaim his rightful things that were once his father's. Jack and… Continue reading Fairy Good Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk
Fairy Good Tales: The Ugly Duckling
The mother duck waited and waited until finally the egg cracked and out popped a much larger chick with a black beak and gray feathers. The mother duck looked at the new duckling and thought: He is my child but he doesn’t look like any of the others. No one wanted to play with the poor… Continue reading Fairy Good Tales: The Ugly Duckling
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