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#Fairytale preschool how to#
Articles give creative ideas for how to use Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, The Three Little Pigs, and other fairy tales to teach preschoolers other skills.All Preschool Teacher 101 Lesson Plans Include:
#Fairytale preschool series#
This series includes several fairy tale lesson plans for the preschool classroom.
#Fairytale preschool full#
Little Red Riding Hood brought a basket full of goodies to her grandma to make her grandma feel better. You can use Little Red Riding Hood to teach about stranger danger, but you can also use it to teach about the importance of helping others. Discuss with them how the project shows that they cannot always judge people by appearances.

They can use either their fingernail or a toothpick to create their scratch art. Show them how they can scratch the paint off, leaving behind a colorful mark.

Then give them black tempura paint (mixed with a tiny drop of dish detergent) to apply over their drawings, and let the paint dry. Make sure that they cover the cardstock entirely so that no white is showing. Have kids use crayons to color all over cardstock. Use this art project to show kids how something that seems ugly can actually be beautiful. Discuss with kids the importance of the words that we say, and how you can change person’s day for the better with a happy word. Talk about how mean the other ducklings were, and discuss several nice things that they might have said instead. Let the kids’ imaginations run wild! The Ugly Ducklingīefore reading this story, discuss the main theme: even if people don’t appreciate how special you are, always remember that you are indeed special. Then use various art supplies, such as posterboard, markers, or ribbons to create the house. Design the gingerbread house with students, making sure to use various types of foods – and not just treats! Think about adding saltine shutters to the windows, an apple doorknob, or spaghetti smoke coming out of the chimney. Bring in a large box from an appliance, such as a refrigerator or washing machine. You may wish to use a less violent form of the story for more sensitive listeners.Īfter listening to Hansel and Gretel, you may wish to build a class gingerbread house. Then read the story, asking short questions as you go to make sure that the children understand what they have heard. Before reading the story, talk about how to stay safe in public areas – staying close to a parent or another adult, using the buddy system, and always staying with the group. The message in Hansel and Gretel is no exception: Never wander off alone. Many fairy tales contain a message that is easily applicable to preschool students.
