Kindergarten fairy tales
Fairy Tale Books for Little Learners
Look at my list of 31 Fairy Tale Books for Little Learners. I have selected an original story with a couple of different diverse versions for each title. This way, you can do comparison activities for each fairy tale title that is featured. If you are looking for more fairy tale resources, check out my Fairy Tale Centers for teaching math & literacy, STEM I Can Build Fairy Tale Edition, Theater Dramatic Play Unit, and All About Simple Machines Little Learners Science Unit.
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Little Red Hen Fairy Tale Books
The Little Red Hen
This is the classic story of the little red hen in an easy-to-read format with bright pictures that are perfect for little learners. Students will laugh and learn from this tale about teamwork and working hard.
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Little red hen is hungry for pizza, but none of her friends want to help her make a pizza. So she does all the work of shopping for the ingredients, making the dough, preparing the pizza, and just when she is ready to enjoy her pizza, her friends show up. Will they be helpful after all?
The Little Red Fort
Join Ruby as she learns to build a fort with no help from her brother! Once she has the fort done, he really wants to play inside. Will Ruby let him since he didn’t help build it?
Jack & The Beanstalk Fairy Tale Books
Jack and the Beanstalk
This is the traditional story of Jack and the beanstalk. His family is poor, and they must sell the cow. Jack sells it for five magic seeds. The mother is mad and throws them outside. They grow into a gigantic beanstalk, and Jack finds a giant!
Jellybeans for Giants
George plants a jellybean, and it grows into an enormous stalk. He climbs it because he is just sure that friendly giants do exist! On his way to the top, he encounters a troll, a pixie, and gets stuck in a sticky web! Will he find a giant or not?
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Fairy Tale Books
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Join three billy goats as they try to outsmart a troll.
This classic story features lots of repetition, perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students to join in on the reading fun!
The Three Billy Goats Fluff
I love this twist on the classic story above! The grumpy troll wants to eat the goats for being too noisy on his bridge. Mother goat comes up with a fluffy plan to outsmart the grouchy troll.
The Three Triceratops Tuff
The Tuff brothers must outsmart the angry and hungry T-rex. A new spin on the classic tale that all dinosaur lovers will enjoy!
Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale Books
Little Red Riding Hood
The little girl sets off to take a basket of fruit to her grandmother. In the woods, she meets a wolf. When she gets to grandmother’s house, there is a big, hairy thing in her bed! Will Little Red be eaten for breakfast, or will she escape from the big bad wolf?
Little Red Gliding Hood
Little Red has worn out her ice skates, and she must win a skating competition to get a new pair! But she can’t seem to find a partner; until the wolf shows up…will her partner help her or eat her?
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
Little Red is on the safari this time! She is carrying a basket of goodies to her grandmother, and she meets the very hungry lion.
Will she be his supper or does she outsmart him?
The Three Little Pigs Fairy Tale Books
The Three Little Pigs
This is the classic story of the three little pigs. Each wants to build their own house, but the big bad wolf ruins their day.
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot
Teach preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students about planets in this silly twist of the above classic. Three little aliens are settling into their new homes when a big bad robot flies by. Can the aliens outwit the robot, or will he destroy their houses?
The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
The three little fish need to build their own houses, but seaweed and sand don’t stand up to the big bad shark. Will the last little fish’s house survive his sharp teeth?
The Three Little Rigs
Little learners will love this vehicle-themed story! The three little rigs must build their own garages, but will they be strong enough to withstand the wrecking ball?
Goldilocks & the Three Bears Fairy Tale Books
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
She makes her way into the bear’s cottage, and no one is home.
So she eats some porridge, sits in their chairs, and takes a nap in their beds. Will the bears catch her in their house?
The Three Snow Bears
Read this charming story about a little Inuit girl’s adventure that is similar to Goldilocks. She finds an igloo with no one home and helps herself to their food, chairs, and beds.
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
Goldy Luck is supposed to be dropping off a plate of turnip cakes to the neighbors, but they aren’t home, so she goes on in. While she is there, she tries their rice porridge, chairs, and beds.
The Little Mermaid Fairy Tale Books
The Little Mermaid
This little mermaid wants to learn about the world above the ocean. Enjoy a spin on the traditional story with this mermaid tale set in the Caribbean.
The Little Mermaid: Storytime with Ms. Booksy
Jump into the ocean, see how being a mermaid is pretty neat, and learn about finding your strength—a new take on the classic story of The Little Mermaid.
Snow White Fairy Tale Books
Snow White
Enjoy the classic story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs with a Japanese twist. The artwork is fantastic and will teach children about a new world.
Not Quite Snow White
This book is about a girl that tries out to be Snow White in the school play, but the children say she just isn’t quite right. Will this hurt her feelings and get her down? This book is great to teach about kindness, acceptance, and overcoming obstacles.
Cinderella Fairy Tale Books
Cinderella
Enjoy this tale of Cinderella set in Mexico. It still tells the same story but brings a new kind of teaching moment about culture.
Cindy Ellen
Read about a wild west Cinderella that must overcome the same obstacles as the original princess. An evil stepmother, a fairy godmother, a handsome prince, and a lost shoe.
The Princess and the Pea Fairy Tale Books
The Princess and the Pea
The prince is looking for a princess but will he find the right one? A storm sends him looking for shelter, and he knocks on her door.
His life will never be the same.
The Princess and the Pea
Read the classic story about the princess and the pea, but it has a whole new look. The setting is in Russia, and the artwork is beautiful in this new makeover.
Rapunzel Fairy Tale Books
Rapunzel
This princess has long dreadlocks, and her prince rides in on a zebra! Appreciate a story written in an African setting with the same great characters, but with a new twist!
Rapunzel
Read the classic story with an Indian twist. She still lets down her hair from her tall, dark tower, but she is more vibrant and full of Indian culture.
Rapunzel
Rapunzel doesn’t need a prince to save her from the tower! She has her own tricks and friends to help her escape!
More Fairy Tale Books
Everything Castles
Check out this nonfiction book all about castles! Little learners will love learning about these early houses. This book is the perfect tool for introducing a STEM challenge or using it as a block/building center reference.
Princess Hair
Celebrate different hair textures and styles, all while being a princess. I love this book for showing how all kinds of hair can be beautiful!
I hope you have enjoyed looking through my list of 31 fairy tale books for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students. Your little learners will love reading and exploring these classic titles and their counterparts! For more ideas and freebies to teach about fairy tales in your classroom, check out my blog post about Fairy Tale Centers and Activities!
If you are looking for more fairy tale resources and printables, check out my Fairy Tale Centers for teaching math & literacy, STEM I Can Build Fairy Tale Edition, Theater Dramatic Play Unit, and All About Simple Machines Little Learners Science Unit.
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For more of my favorite books, check out my themed Book List Blog Series that features themed book lists to accompany your lessons and activities! These are sure to keep your library shelves full! If there is a book list for a theme you need, just let us know so we can create it for you!
Fairy Tales Activities for Kindergarten • Tickled Pink in Primary
Do you need some Fairy Tales Activities? Fairy Tales were always an enjoyable unit for me to teach, so I created a whole bundle of activities to go along with each story.
You can also teach many concepts during these lessons such as story structure, vocabulary, problem solving and more. Besides literacy skills, Fairy Tales also help build imagination and teach morals.
When teaching Fairy Tales, I spent anywhere from 3-5 days on each tale, doing a different activity each day. My Fairy Tales Activities bundle covers 12 of the most popular fairy tales including many of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. This bundle includes activities such as sequencing, vocabulary cards (which you could turn into puppets), comprehension, student books, and more. Depending if you teach 1 or 2 tales a week, this bundle can provide you activities for 6-12 weeks!
1. Whole Group Poster – After reading the fairy tale, I put these small posters in sheet protectors on my wipe-off board. These are very short summaries of the fairy tale we can use to refresh our minds of the Fairy Tale, without having to re-read the whole story. Throughout the week, we will use the summary to hunt for sight words, capital letters, the letter/sound of the week, punctuation, rhyming words, etc.
2. Vocabulary/Retelling Cards – Use these cards to introduce vocabulary words, or for retelling the story. During the week, I gave the students some smaller vocabulary cards for them to color and take home. The Fairy Tale book and the cards were added to my library center for students to work on retelling more. When reading the story, we went over any vocabulary words they may not know, and any history behind the poem.
3. Sequencing Worksheets – We all know how important sequencing is to learn, so I incorporated it with my Fairy Tale Activities. Students typically did this worksheet at the end of the week when the students were more familiar with the tale. This sequencing activity is included in my Free Resource Library.
4. Student books –For students to practice reading independently and to work on book concepts, each student gets a small book of the shortened Fairy Tale. The text is the same that is listed on the bigger posters. Once colored, we practiced as a group pointing to the words as we read.
Even Kindergarten students can learn to use the pictures to help them know what is going on in the book and they can somewhat follow along with the text. Students were able to pick a partner and go practice reading it together. They enjoyed taking this home because they can show off their reading skills to their family. It’s something to be proud of!!
5. Collection of Fairy Tales Book – I also gave students a copy of each tale, so we could have a whole books of Fairy Tales they know how to read. I’ve included 2 versions of the summary, so students can either color the picture or use the blank page to illustrate their own picture. You can once again, have students practice circling sight words.
6. Comprehension Worksheet – Finally, at the end of the week, I gave a short comprehension quiz. In Kindergarten, I didn’t take grades, but it’s nice to see who was comprehending and paying attention to the details in the Fairy Tales. I also liked seeing their writing progress throughout the months on the open ended question at the bottom.
We also discussed characters, settings, and do a lot of comparing/contrasting during our Fairy Tale lessons. If you like some of the ideas above, you can find them in my Fairy Tales Activities bundle right here in my Tickled Pink shop or on TPT.
Here are the Fairy Tales that are included in this bundle. You can use this for 6-12 weeks of learning, depending on how many tales you do a week!! Need a copy of the book to go with these tales? Simply click the links below and find them on Amazon.
- The Gingerbread Man
- The Three Little Pigs
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Hansel and Gretel
- The Little Red Hen
- Rapunzel
- Snow White
- Cinderella
- Sleeping Beauty
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