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Neh: Edsit Ement: Fairy Tales Around the World
This collection of activities gives young scholars a chance to discover and compare fairy tales from around the world. It provides a wealth of links to resources, printable diagrams, discussion questions and the like.
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Read Works: Lessons: The Frog Prince
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that fairy tales start with "Once upon a time" and have a happy ending.
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Read Works: Little Red Riding Hood
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students about fairy tales and fantasy details.
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Kidoons: Andersen Fairy Tales
Enjoy many of the classic Anderson's fairy tales in English and French, set to cartoons. Also includes games and a biography of Hans Christian Andersen.
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Lil' Fingers Storybooks
An interactive resource for children which features several online storybooks. Toddlers and children can read along, listen and learn as each story develops.
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Read Works: Genre Studies: Fairy Tales Kindergarten Unit: Fantasy Details
[Free Registration/Login Required] After introducing the concept of fantasy within fairy tales, teachers lead class in finding examples of fantasy elements in the story Little Red Riding Hood. Following this model, students work...
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The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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Grimm Fairy tales.com
You can read and hear animated stories from the Brothers Grimm on this site. There are also links to games, fun stuff, and a featured story.
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Class Flow: Nursery Rhyme Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Nursery Rhyme Flipchart by Donna Andrews (ELAKSV1 (elements a-d) for Kindergarten). Flipchart focuses on rhythm, rhyming, and interactive links for games that reinforce the standard.