Folktales

We have been enjoying folktales in our classroom.  We read several versions of The Gingerbread Man, The Mitten, and The Little Red Hen, to name a few.

What is a folktale?

We had fun comparing the different versions and talking about how they were the same and different.  Folktales also give us many opportunities to practice retelling, an important part of developing comprehension skills in reading.

Venn Diagram comparing two different versions of  The Mitten.

The children put the story in order and practiced retelling on their own.

The children then made up their own version of The Mitten .  They thought of three different animals to put in their mitten.  They drew pictures and labeled them on the back and glued them onto popsicle sticks.

 

To enjoy a reading of The Mitten click here.

The Mitten

The children also enjoyed retelling The Little Red Hen.