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Fairy Tales: Children
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[T]he effect of classic fairy tales on readers and society has been explored by studying their styles, characters and themes. Generally speaking, fairy tales train and develop young readers to become mature, independent adults. They ... teach adult readers to adopt the correct methods of teaching children, release their spirits from the problems they face in reality, and heal their emotional wounds as well. Besides, they alleviate serious material-orientation and enhance feminism in society. Most of all, they educate children about the meaning of life. As Bruno Bettelheim mentions in The Uses of Enchantment, "…of the entire ‘children’s literature’ — with rare exceptions — nothing can be as enriching and satisfying to child and adult alike as the folk fairy tale" (P.5).
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This lesson will begin a unit on fairy tales for young learners. It will begin with assessing what first graders know about fairy tales. Children will learn about the original version of
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Throughout this book Zipes deftly explores the social history of fairy tales, specifically the ways they have influenced children and reflect the time period in which they were written. The specific chapters dedicated to Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Andersen are particularly interesting, as they analyze the “civilization,” “socialization and politicization,” and “domination” processes in these writers’ tales, respectively. This book is an first-rate source to use for looking deeper than the often entertaining and “innocent” surface of the fairy tale.
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Designed for kindergarten students, this series of lessons introduces children to fairy tales, sequencing, and the difference between real and make-believe. Comes complete with a recipe for gingerbread and printable outlines of the gingerbread man.
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Using a narrative planning sheet, the children will, in small groups read a fairy tale and write the various parts onto the planning sheet. Children will ... use a matrix to display the structure of a narrative.
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