After studying the structure of narratives through fairy tales, students will plan and write their own fairy tales using a narrative planning sheet (see learning task 2). Children will write their own fairy tale, stopping to share,...

Students will have a chance to show their understanding of their favorite fairy tales by building homes for the characters.

[Free Registration/Login Required] After introducing the concept of fantasy within fairy tales, teachers lead class in finding examples of fantasy elements in the story Little Red Riding Hood. Following this model, students work...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that fairy tales start with "Once upon a time" and have a happy ending.

A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of Favorite Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, a collection of fairy tales for children.

This lesson will provide students with an understanding of the literary elements of fairy tales. Students will compose original fairy tales using graphic web organizers and presentation software.

Review the story elements of fairy tales.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students about fairy tales and fantasy details.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the fairy tale collection, The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...

This is the original, online text of the fairy tale "The Travelling Companion" by Hans Christian Andersen from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales.

This is the original, online text of the fairy tale "The Willow-Wren" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Grimm's Fairy Tales.

This is the original, online text of the fairy tale "The Wolf and the Man" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Grimm's Fairy Tales.

This is the original, online text of the fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Grimm's Fairy Tales.

This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin" in text form.

Lesson designed to introduce maps and the cardinal directions. After listening to the teacher read aloud or tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, students retell the story and use cutouts of landmarks and arrows to create a map of...

A script for Richard Swallow's version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, is provided in this reader's theater performance. Nine character roles are needed in this activity. A glossary accompanies the text of this script.

This is the illustrated text of "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson written in 1844.

This single-stanza poem shares a poem in the form of a fairy tale.

This in the original, online text of the fairy tale "The Daisy" by Hans Christian Andersen.

This is the complete text of the fairy tale novella The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens.

A reader's theater adaptation of the Celtic fairy tale, Jack, the Cunning Thief, is provided on this script. Seventeen character roles are needed in this performance.

Read about Hans Christian Andersen, the author of "The Little Mermaid" and other fairy tales. This autobiography is translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt.

In the fairy tale of the three little pigs, the wolf huffed and puffed and blew down the first pig's straw house. But in reality, straw tied into bales is a viable building material that when used properly, makes sturdy and...

A learning module through which students learn German words and phrases used in fairy tales, learn about the Grimm Brothers and Caspar David Friedrich, and review adjective endings and the imperfect verb tense.