Planning for Fairy Tales!

We came up with some great ideas this week for the Fairy Tale unit, involving costumes with the teachers, as well as theatrical ways to introduce and break down the elements that make up those stories.

We (the teachers and I) are going to be storytellers with a cauldron that we fill with the different elements of fairy tales. they will each be color coded - the elements will be colored scarves - and as each scarf is dropped in, cards of the same color can be drawn out to talk about examples of that element of the story - I will also read a classic fairy tale to the class and we will see if they can pick out the "ingredients" of the story that make it a fairy tale.
We will then have a work sheet for the kids - after they have identified the ingredients - can they change them to make the story a "Fractured Fairy Tale"?

We also have a plan for me to come in as a "Fairy God Mother"  and read a version of Cinderella - Then I will pick three items in the classroom that I could use to transform into a Carriage, 4 horses, a driver and  "glass" Slipper

Then the students will become fairy godmothers, and they must also find objects in the room that they could transform into those same things.

We also spoke about creating a "Hearth" for stories to be told at in the classroom. For so long stories were told around a fire - we thought it would be great to make a spot in the classroom that re-created that feeling.

I really think this weeks planning session was a great example of how inspiration can grow out of discussing the curriculum with the teachers - what their goals are, and what they really want the students to walk away with. I am excited to meet again next week and put the details in place for these next two lessons,as well as plan for when the students are writing their own fairy tales.