Story Stretching: Tall Tales in North America

Engage young learners in reading classic folk tales with this printable version of The Little Red Hen. The simple language and repetitive structure of the story make it perfect for children working on developing their fluency. Two...

How very clever. No need to monkey around with this resource. Rob Cleveland's version of the West African tale, "The Clever Monkey Rides Again," is used as the basis for multiple of cross-curricular activities including exercises...

What a great activity. Kids create humorous ceramic character (heads) spikes to enliven a planter. Modern art is full of expressive and exaggerated forms and your class gets to create them out of clay. This would be a lovely activity to...

Students meet and delve into the life of the American Folk Hero, Johnny Appleseed through the activities of the eight lessons of this unit. Math and language activities offering whole and small group encounters.

Students create their own festival. For this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...

In this site dedicated to beloved children's author Beatrix Potter you can view a list of her works, many with links to the texts. Stories include Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Mrs. Tiggie Winkle, and more! Includes links to many other...

Students explore a variety of classroom stations about apples and Johnny Appleseed.

Several suggested activities for engaging small children in the American folk tale of Paul Bunyan. The lesson plan and story include discussion, an online jigsaw puzzle, and coloring pages.

Steven Kellogg has written and/or illustrated more than 100 books over the past half century, including his well-known series about Pinkerton the Great Dane and his tall tales about classic American characters like Pecos Bill, Paul...

Erica S. Perl is the author of the wonderfully silly picture books about Chicken Butt. Perl's other titles for young readers include Dotty, a gentle story about school days and imaginary friend,s and Ninety-Three in My Family, a lively...