Kit theme: FAIRY TALES
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Book titles included:
1. The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma by Diane
and Christyan Fox
2. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together by Mary Ann
Hoberman
3. Princess Tales by Grace MacCarone
4. Three Little Pigs by James Marshall
5. Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
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DVD: Twenty Fairy Tales
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CD Audio: Three Billy Goat’s Gruff by Paul Galdone
Additional titles available at the Johnson County Library:
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
The Three Little Pigs by Emily Bolam
Tom Thumb by Eric Carle
Jack and the Beanstalk by Nina Crews
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
Little Red Riding Hood by Bernette G. Ford
Rapunzel by Rachel Isadora
Michael Hague’s Read-to-me Book of Fairy Tales by Allison Grace MacDonald
Cinderella by Barbara McClintock
Fairy Tales for Little Folks by Will Moses
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Grumbles From the Forest by Jane Yolen
Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales (DVD)
Scholastic Video Collection: Little Red Riding Hood (DVD)
See the back for activities to help children with these 6 by 6 Ready to Read early literacy areas:
Have Fun With Books
Notice Print
Talk, Talk, Talk
Tell Stories
Look for Letters
Take Time to Rhyme
Activity Ideas – Fairy Tales
Dramatic Play. Fairytales are the perfect stories for dramatic play. A few simple props or makebelieve costumes and you can bring the whole story to life. Dramatic play encourages children
to think about characters, dialogue as if that character was speaking, and think about a world
other than their own.
Surrounded By Threes. Items or characters in groups of three appear frequently in folk & fairy
tales. Take a purposeful walk around your house or classroom and have your child find and
name objects that appear in groups of at least three. As your child finds things (pillows, clocks,
chairs, plants, etc.) write them down to make a list you can review later.
Block Play. When given a set of blocks, the first thing most children want to build is a castle.
Research has shown block play develops problem solving, imagination, self-esteem, selfexpression and important social skills. Children will progress through stages of block play from
simply stacking blocks to making complex enclosures with walls and windows. Help develop
critical thinking by asking questions about the structures your child creates.
Tommy Thumb
Tommy Thumb is up.
Tommy Thumb is down.
Tommy Thumb is up again
And dancing all around!
Dance him to your shoulders,
Dance him to your head,
Dance him to your knees,
And then tuck him into bed.
Grand Old Duke of York
The Grand Old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them to the top of the hill
Then he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up!
And when they were down, they were down!
And when they were only halfway up,
They were neither UP nor DOWN!
Dragon Dance
(from 1,000 Finerplays & Action Rhymes)
If you want to be a dragon,
Here’s your chance,
Because everyone’s doing the dragon dance.
You just stamp your feet,
And you growl and roar.
Then you twirl around and
Jump on the floor.
Flap those wings and start to prance.
That’s how you do the dragon dance!
Here is a Giant
Here is a giant who is tall, tall, tall.
And here is an elf who is small, small, small.
The elf who is small will try, try, try
To reach the giant who is high, high, high.
You’ll find a printable copy of this activity sheet by searching for this kit in our Library’s web catalog.
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