The Dog and His Reflection This Aesop fable teaches that being greedy can be harmful and cause you to lose everything. Seeing his reflection in the water, a dog with a bone thinks that there is another dog with another bone below him. He...

The Tortoise and the Hare | Aesop's Fables for Kids "Slow and steady wins the race." This is the moral of this Aesop's fable when the hare and the tortoise set off to race with one another. Kids and toddlers can learn valuable lessons as...

The Lion and the Mouse, an Aesop's Fable

This classic fable is about a mouse who awakens a sleeping lion. The lion spares the life of the mouse and the mouse promises to help the lion in the future. The lion doubts that would ever...

This video explores the concept of allegory, a figure of speech where abstract ideas and moral lessons are conveyed through characters and events in a story. It uses Aesop's fables, like "The Goose with the Golden Egg" and "The Boy Who...

Miss Palomine continues the discussion about fables from the previous day. She draws illustrations to match the fables “The Peacock and the Fox” and “The Rooster and the Jewel,” and encourages the student to draw a picture of one of the...

The Ant and the Grasshopper

An Aesop's fable about working hard today instead of playing, so you will be prepared for the tough times a
head.
In this story, a grasshopper plays throughout the summer while an ant works to gather...

The story of the Crow and the Pitcher is a fable. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson, often called a 'moral.' This particular fable is attributed to an ancient Greek story-teller named Aesop. He told a lot of fables. FreeSchool is...

The story of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is a fable. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson, often called a 'moral.' This particular fable is attributed to an ancient Greek story-teller named Aesop. He told a lot of fables....

The story of the Lion and the Mouse is a fable. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson, often called a 'moral.' This particular fable is attributed to an ancient Greek story-teller named Aesop. He told a lot of fables. FreeSchool is...

The story of the Fox and the Grapes is a fable. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson, often called a 'moral.' This particular fable is attributed to an ancient Greek story-teller named Aesop. He told a lot of fables. FreeSchool is...

Mr. Griot uses a retelling of an Aesop’s fable to demonstrate how understanding of a story can be enhanced by summarizing, paraphrasing, and identifying cause and effect.

This is a great resource for PHSE and Literacy. Students will learn the classic stories from Aesop’s Fables as well as being able to take on board the moral and social decisions being made by the characters of each story. This story...

This is a great resource for PHSE and Literacy. Students will learn the classic stories from Aesop’s Fables as well as being able to take on board the moral and social decisions being made by the characters of each story. This story...

This is a great resource for PHSE and Literacy. Students will learn the classic stories from Aesop’s Fables as well as being able to take on board the moral and social decisions being made by the characters of each story. This story...

This is a great resource for PHSE and Literacy. Students will learn the classic stories from Aesop’s Fables as well as being able to take on board the moral and social decisions being made by the characters of each story.

Miss Palomine explains what a fable is. She tells a couple of fables and then talks about the characteristics of the fable.

In 1887 the influential arts-and-crafts book illustrator Walter Crane published The Babys Own Aesop, bringing the homespun wisdom of ancient Greek peasants to a new generation of children. This lecture uses these fables to tackle the...

Using stones to raise water in a pitcher isn't just the stuff of Aesop's fables: this experiment shows that crows have an understanding of water displacement. Read