Fairy+Tale+Fun

Try something new to talk about fairy tales!

Social Networking—Even the youngest children are finding their way into social networks! From Webkinz & Club Penguin to Facebook, our students are online probably more than some of us can imagine. Use these these ideas for a new twist on telling about what you've read.

Twitter: Summarize a story in a 140 character Tweet. Try to identify the fairy tale being described, such as: //Hungry wolf eats girl and grandma, but woodsman rescues them with gastic surgery. (Little Red Riding Hood)//

My Profile: Students can make a social network page for a fairy tale character. They need an image (avatar), a personal profile, list of friends. Write 6-10 updates the character might make to tell the story: //Went for a walk today and was minding my own business when a piece of the sky fell and almost knocked me out.// //I'm afraid a huge disaster is about to happen and I need to warn all my friends!// //I've got a new friend named Foxy Loxy!//

Some new fairy tale and folk tale books to try:

Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by Lucy Cousins Auntie Tiger by Laurence Yep (retellling of Little Red Riding Hood set in China) Egg Drop by Mini Grey (reinterpretation of Humpty Dumpty) The Hog Prince by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallan (features several fractured fairy tales) The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Caldecott winning wordless picture book) Rapunzel retold by Stephanie Peters The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood by Agnese Baruzzi and Sandro Natalini Watch Out for Wolfgang by Paul Carrick (Robots in the Three Little Pigs story) What Really Happened to Humpty? by Jeanie Franz Ransom What's the Weather Inside? by Karma Wilson (Poems that take off many Mother Goose & fairy tales) The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan (Spin on Hansel and Gretel)