Now the family in the little cottage had a mom, dad, and very active little boy and they were very antsy for the day the neverending cold would end so they could enjoy running around to explore the beauty of the outdoors again. Since it was nearly impossible to do much of that the momma of the family decided it might be fun to spend these cold indoor days enjoying and exploring other worlds by reading a magical book filled with stories all about worlds that had a magical powers. Worlds where a gingerbread cookie comes to life, or a duckling goes on a journey in search of acceptance only to find it is a swan and not a duck at all, or a family of talking bears that comes upon an intruder sleeping in their home. In this book there were also stories of three brother pigs who end up scarring away a big bad wolf and of giants and magic beans. A place where the imagination knows no limits. The place I am speaking of is the world of fairytales ofcourse. Fairytales are magical abd because of that fact the family had so much fun exploring those worlds that they did not fully realize how fast the icy cold blast outside was finally subsiding and the snow had begun melting and the animals emerged from the warm homes until they were woken from the fairytale storybook spell by the sound of a robin singing it's song outside their window encouraging them to come out and play. The momma decided it was time to put that magic book safely away until the cold ever decided to come back again.
Ok ok ok, so maybe I am not the most creative of children's story book authors, but I had fun thinking my silly little story up. That is a big part of what makes teaching with fairytales so much fun! The ones I ended up focusing on happened to be ones I already owned. Maybe you will be interested in some of the activities we did to help bring them alive for younger kids. We also focused on the letter Tt this week.
Monday:Intro Uppercase T/The Gingerbread Man
Books: My t Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
The Tale of Peter Rabbitby Beatrix Potter
The Gingerbread Man by The Clever Factory
My First Dictionary
Songs:I'm A Little Teapot
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Gingerbread song on youtube...the five gingerbread men
Activities:
Intro Uppercase T/Intro Tt vocabulary from picture dictionary/Uppercase T coloring page
Play with train
Plash trash man (an activity I introduced in the vocations theme week last fall)
Work on dino puzzle because of the T-Rex part
Intro The Gingerbread Man. Make gingerbread men cookies together.
Play tag if you have enough room.
Tuesday:Intro Good vs Evil Opposite Concept/Intro The Ugly Duckling
Books: My Trip to the Zoo by Mercer Meyer
Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton
The Ugly Duckling by Polana Lovsin
My First Dictionary
Songs:Twist and Shout
The Ugly Duckling video on youtube by Walt Disney
Activities:
Review Tt vocab picture words from the picture dictionary
Play with tool set
Work on tool puzzle
Role play/dramatic play with the dr. set to use the thermometer. Show how the real thermometer works.
Intro The Ugly Duckling. Use plastic Easter eggs for sorting and matching. If child is interested you can also play a game where you have your child close their eyes. While they are closed hide one of the colored eghs and then see if they can guess which one is missing.
Wednesday: Intro Lower Case t/Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Books: Loose Tooth by Lola M. Schaefer
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Robert Southey
My First Dictionary
Songs:Twinkle Twinkle
Goldilocks and the Three Bears song on youtube
Activities:
Intro lowercase t/review Tt vocab words from picture dictionary/lowercase t coloring page
Play with the treehouse doll house
Play with dinosaurs, particularly the t-rex one
If there is enough room bring in trike from outside (if too cold) to play with.
Intro Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Make oatmeal (or porridge if you want) together for lunch.
Thursday:Scissor Skills and Tracining Practice/The Three Little Pigs
Books:Trucks by Gail Saunders-Smith
The Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
The Three Little Pigs by Mei Matsuoka
My First Dictionary
Songs: Tomorrow from the Annie musical
Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf song from Disney
Activities:
Review Tt vocabulary from picture dictionary
Practice tracing work page
Practice scissor skills
Play with trucks and salt and sugar. Watch the different tracks the trucks make in the salt and sugar or sand if that is ehat is preferred.
Work on truck puzzle together
Use triangles of different sizes, shapes, and colors. We used our foam shapes to do this. Seperate the shapes into sizes or colors. Count out the different numbers of each category you ended up choosing. We seoerated them into size then had my kid point out one from each color and counted how many of the color there were.
Intro The Three Little pigs. Use duplos to build a house of bricks and play the part of the story wherethe wolf tried to blow it down...
Find other objects in the house that are light enough that they can move when you blow at them. See which ones the child can blow the farthest.
Friday:Tt Vocab Review/Jack and the Beanstalk
Books: From Tadpole to Frog by Jan Kottle
Clifford's Tricks by Norman Bridwell
Jack and the Beanstalk by The Clever Factory
My First Dictionary
Songs:Thankfulness song from Veggie Tales
Jack and the Beanstalk song from YouTube
Activities:
Review Tt vocab picture words and work on vocab coloring page
Pull out our play tents and tunnel to play with
Play with race car track
Work on the Clifford puzzle together
Intro Jack and the Beanstalk. Play with the dry beans.
What fun fairytale themed avtivities do you love to do for young pre-schoolers?
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