June 8th, 2017
What is a fairytale? Without me asking, they proceeded to tell me all the types of stories they now know of; nursery rhymes, poems, “normal stories”, and now fairytales. Information books (non-fiction) made its way onto the list because they knew it was also in a book. I like how this question turned into a conversation about different ways of storytelling, and the difference between fiction and non-fiction writing.
All fairytales we learned about this week were told orally. Their close listening skills have improved greatly. A big part of us learning about fairytales this week was to practice remembering the important parts of a story and in what order they happened, retelling a story and recalling the characters within the story.
“I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow Your House In!” The Three Little Pigs was our first fairytale. Which house is stronger? How come? We made 3 visual versions of the 3 pigs houses; straw, sticks and bricks. Some drew the Big Bag wolf and what they thought his home would look like, as well. We also made toilet paper tube pigs!
“Bibbiti Bobbidi Boo” Cinderella was our next fairytale. With a pretend wand, we said “Bibbiti Bobbidi Boo” and turned each other into different animals. It was too cute! The kids were cute running around with their newly bedazzled paper, feather and jewelled crown too!
“Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum” For Jack and the Beanstalk, we made bean art and everyone practiced cutting on a long curve to make a spiral beanstalk.
“Granny, What Big Teeth You Have! All the Better to Eat You With My Dear!” Said the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. We made paper bag wolf puppets, and used picnic baskets and red towels to pretend play this fairytale.
Some other things we did this week include learning about the letters N and V, journals, baking and adventuring down to the creek.
What is a fairytale? Without me asking, they proceeded to tell me all the types of stories they now know of; nursery rhymes, poems, “normal stories”, and now fairytales. Information books (non-fiction) made its way onto the list because they knew it was also in a book. I like how this question turned into a conversation about different ways of storytelling, and the difference between fiction and non-fiction writing.
All fairytales we learned about this week were told orally. Their close listening skills have improved greatly. A big part of us learning about fairytales this week was to practice remembering the important parts of a story and in what order they happened, retelling a story and recalling the characters within the story.
“I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow Your House In!” The Three Little Pigs was our first fairytale. Which house is stronger? How come? We made 3 visual versions of the 3 pigs houses; straw, sticks and bricks. Some drew the Big Bag wolf and what they thought his home would look like, as well. We also made toilet paper tube pigs!
“Bibbiti Bobbidi Boo” Cinderella was our next fairytale. With a pretend wand, we said “Bibbiti Bobbidi Boo” and turned each other into different animals. It was too cute! The kids were cute running around with their newly bedazzled paper, feather and jewelled crown too!
“Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum” For Jack and the Beanstalk, we made bean art and everyone practiced cutting on a long curve to make a spiral beanstalk.
“Granny, What Big Teeth You Have! All the Better to Eat You With My Dear!” Said the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. We made paper bag wolf puppets, and used picnic baskets and red towels to pretend play this fairytale.
Some other things we did this week include learning about the letters N and V, journals, baking and adventuring down to the creek.
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