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Fairy Tales Theme - PreKinders

Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about fairy tales

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The Three Little Pigs

Art
We make the houses of the Three Little Pigs by gluing on raffia pieces (straw), toothpicks (sticks), and small rectangles of red foam (bricks). We talk about the sequence of the story (which house did the wolf come to first, second, third), and make the houses on the paper in that sequence. The children dictate a few sentences to retell the story.

The Three Bears

Math
Add bear family cookie cutters (made by Wilton) to the play dough area. Children use these to cut out the different sizes of bears to make the bear family. (I also use these during my Families Theme, but children enjoy seeing previously used materials get rotated back in to the centers.)

Princess on the Pea

Math
We use two beds from our dollhouse furniture for this game. The children take turns rolling dice and taking that amount of mattresses (cut from craft foam) to put on the bed. When all mattresses are gone, the child with the most mattresses on the bed is the “true princess” or prince.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Science
We grow our own small beanstalks by planting lima beans in a cup.

The Fisherman and His Wife

Math
We use a blue shower liner on the floor for the water. Paper fish have 0-10 dots on them, with a paperclip attached, and are tossed onto the “water”. Children catch a fish with magnetic fishing pole, count the dots, and write or stamp the numeral on a fish cutout. The magnetic fishing poles are made with a magnet wand tied to a rhythm stick (or dowel rod) with string.

Gingerbread Man

See the Gingerbread Unit page for Gingerbread Man activities.

Queen of Hearts Tarts

Cooking
Tarts are often made during the medieval ages. Children make their own tarts with this recipe:
Mix two spoonfuls of cream cheese with two spoonfuls of strawberry preserves in a cup. Spread the mixture onto vanilla wafers, and add a heart-shaped candy (red hots or other candy).

Fairy Tale Art

Gold Crowns

We make crowns out of plain construction paper. We paint them with gold glitter paint, and add some sequins for “jewels”.

Fairy Tale Literacy Activities

Bejeweled Bingo

Use plastic jewels to cover the letter/number/shape on the bingo cards. We use these to play alphabet bingo, number bingo, shape bingo, or rhyming bingo.

Fairy Tale Retelling

A large sheet paper is folded in half, like a story book. The children draw a picture of one of their favorite fairy tale characters on the front. On the inside, they dictate their retelling of the fairy tale.

Fairy Tale Math Activities

Fairy Tale Graph

Each child writes their name on an index card, chooses a favorite fairy tale, and places their card on the pocket chart graph. We count and compare the results: what has the most/least/same? I pick about 5 fairy tales for the children to choose from and place pictures of those fairy tales at the top of the pocket chart.

• Fairy Tale Graph Printable

Musical Jewels Game

We place the classroom chairs (“thrones”) around the circle. I place plastic jewels (from a craft store) only on certain chairs. Children march around the circle. When the music stops, they must find a throne to sit in. If a jewel is there, they take it. The children keep a count of how many jewels they have collected.

Jewel Strings

Children use strings of plastic “jewels” that have various amounts of jewels on them (1-10 jewels). Children count the jewels on the jewel strings and match them to another string of jewels of the same amount.

Jewel Patterns

Children make patterns on a pattern grid card using plastic jewels from a craft store. You can also use paper crowns from the dollar store and have children place jewels on each point of a paper crown in a pattern. We practice making patterns by size and color.

Crown Grid Game

Read about about print here: Grid Games

Fairy Tale Science Activities

Castles

In the Block Center, the children construct castles with the large and small blocks. I take photos of them to make a book of castle designs.

Fairy Tale Cooking Activities

Medieval Feast

Mead: In the Medieval Ages, people drank mead because the water was unclean. We made our own mead with this recipe: Mix a spoonful (or more) of honey in a cup of water. Add a few squirts of lemon or orange juice and sprinkle on some nutmeg. Stir and drink.
Medieval Dessert: Sprinkle cinnamon on a pear half. Warm in the microwave.

More

Castle Prop Box

Cone-shaped princess hats (can make with paper and streamers), Crowns, Fancy shoes, Robes (red capes with white fur), Princess dresses, Chair for throne, Cardboard box castle.

Rhymes

Queen of Hearts Nursery Rhyme

The queen of hearts,
She made some tarts
All on a summer’s day.

The knave of hearts,
He stole those tarts
And took them clean away.

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocketful of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing.
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?

In My Shop

You might also like these Fairy Tales True/False Cards, available in my shop. This is a fun story recall game, where you read a card to children and they decide whether the statement is true or false about the fairy tale. Cards are also illustrated.

• Little Red Riding Hood @ Pre-KPages.com
• Jack and the Beanstalk @ Pre-KPages.com
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears @ Pre-KPages.com

Fairy Tales Preschool Activities and Crafts - Folk Tales

Themes > Fairy Tales [en español]

Come and have fun with fairy tales theme for toddlers, preschool, kindergarten and early elementary. This section will include classic fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales and legends from around the world. These timeless stories will help children learn valuable life lessons, reinforce various skills, and also to "visit" other places and people. You will find lesson plans, crafts, printable activities, coloring pages, and related resources.

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Applied linguistic education: March 2013

New words added to Oxford Dictionary

Some of Friday's additions are the familiar ones, like 'tweetable' and 'social sharing,' which refers to people's growing need to post every piece of daily trivia to the Internet, Fox News reported. Others like "dumbphone" are also included , even if you don't use the term yourself.

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Free Online Listening Resources (English)

1.booksshouldbefree.com is one of the best collection of audiobooks.
2. storynory.com - short audio stories.
3. librivox.org - volunteers (native speakers) read books and submit files to the site. Absolutely free audiobooks with good sound quality and lyrics.
4. freeclassicaudiobooks.com - classic audiobooks.
5. learnoutloud.com - free audiobooks and videos for learning and self-development.
6. podiobooks.com - an interesting resource, free modern audiobooks, often read by the authors themselves, mostly with musical accompaniment. On the site you can read the reviews of those who have already listened to the book.
7.etc.usf.edu/lit2go - An invaluable resource with a vast array of audiobooks provided by one of Florida's online learning centers.
8.newfiction.com - Hear conversational American English in new audiobooks on trending topics, complete with cartoons and sound effects.
9.thoughtaudio.com - books that shocked the world, those that make you think.
10. free-books.org - the following audiobooks are available there: Jane Eyre, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Anderson's Tales, Jack London Stories, etc.
11.literalsystems.org is another audiobook site where volunteers read and contribute books.
12.librophile.com - a great and easy interface to select audiobooks from librivox.org

FOR KIDS:

1.kiddierecords.com - children's audiobooks and songs from the 40s-50s from America along with colorful books. You can listen and flip through picture books online, or you can download them.
2. robertmunsch.com - audiobooks for children with texts read very emotionally by Roberts Munschs.
3.karay.org - Free audiobooks, often for children, read by a girl named Kara.
4.alvietheburro. com/index.html - A series of funny children's stories about a little brown donkey named Alvie.
5.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/mp3_downloads.htm - A collection of over 200 audio stories for children.
6.mightybook.com - A collection of illustrated and animated audio stories for children.
7. speakaboos.com/stories/favorites - here you will find about 100 audiobooks for children available for listening and viewing online.
8. worldoftales.com/audio_fairy_tales.html - the best audio fairy tales for children.
9.talesfromtheforest.co.uk - 11 free audiobooks for kids.
10.wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm - A collection of audiobooks for children available for listening online and downloading in MP3 format.

Legal English: web resources

You can confirm your knowledge of English in the field of jurisprudence with the help of international certificates ILEC and TOLES. Below you will find a selection of online resources for practicing Legal English.

ONLINE LEGAL ENGLISH RESOURCES:

1. findlaw.com is a website for lawyers. Huge collection of legal documents.
2.visual.merriam-webster.com/society/justice.php - Merriam Webster's online picture dictionary on the topic "Justice": words are parsed according to prison and court schemes.
3. venables.co.uk - a compendium of information on jurisprudence in the UK and Ireland.
4. lawsource.com - Information on the laws and regulations of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
5.webcast.berkeley.edu/series.html#c,d,Law - Podcast lectures and videos from the University of Berkley, California
6.asil.org/erg/?page=ihr - American Society of International Law

NEWS, NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES in English for lawyers:

1.law.com/jsp/law/index.jsp
2.thelawyer .com
3. legalweek.com
4. breakinglegalnews.com
5. legalnews.com

Scientific-practical seminar of students and graduate students 2013 - what are your plans?

Traditionally within the framework of the scientific session of the VolSU at the Department of English Philology, an interuniversity scientific and practical seminar for students and graduate students is held "Theoretical and applied aspects of the study of modern media space. "

Let me remind you that last year's seminar was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Department of English Philology and opened with a fascinating presentation in which students could learn about the history of the department and find their teachers as students in the photos of past years.

Congratulating the assembled students, graduate students and teachers on the week of science, head. Department, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Larisa Anatolyevna Kochetova, spoke about the research activities of the department, and also made a presentation on the topic: "Methods of expressing the game function in advertising discourse." The seminar was also attended by Buryakovskaya Valeria Anatolyevna, Ph.D., Assoc. Department of English Philology, Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, which presented a report on the topic: "Language in the context of the functioning of mass culture: trends in the development of discursive practices (based on Russian and English languages)".

Students, undergraduates, graduate students and teachers of the Department of English Philology presented the results of their scientific research, and first-year students got the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of different sections in order to start thinking about the topics of their future research today.

Colleagues, I propose to discuss the theme of the seminar for 2013, your suggestions - in the comments.

What to see and what to listen to in English - EnglishDom blog

March 2, 2014

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Sometimes there comes a time when you want to watch something on TV or on the Internet, or listen to it on your computer or on the radio. Why not combine this pleasant pastime with learning English? Yes, so that this process remains a rest and does not fall into the category of an intense learning process? In general, to combine business with pleasure. Is it worth it to combine learning English with rest, or rest with rest, and study with study?

Why waste your precious time "watching" and "listening"?

The fact is that the very process of watching English programs, films, etc. very effective for the practice of understanding foreign speech by ear. Do not be afraid that at first you will not understand everything, the main thing is to try to capture the essence, the main idea. In addition, at first, you can use subtitles. Since most people still watch movies, videos on the Internet, listen to radio and music in their free time, why not combine this process with learning the language and at the same time practice your English skills? Usually, if a person watches something, he chooses what is interesting for him, he is more focused and, accordingly, will remember new words and expressions more. So, if you don’t know what to do with yourself and decide to combine relaxation with learning English, then let’s review those materials that can be useful.

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Selection criteria

There are simple rules, so to speak, selection criteria, which help to determine the effectiveness of the teaching material. Here are a few key points and recommendations:

• It is not advisable to listen to business and financial news and news broadcasts of this kind, as journalists use a lot of specific slang and different phrases that you will not understand. If you understand them and learn them, they are unlikely to be useful to you in live communication. Therefore, listening to these broadcasts will bring little benefit.
• Decide which English you prefer - American or British. You will find good American pronunciation and interesting shows on Animal planet and National Geographic, for beginners it will be very interesting and useful to watch a series of shows on an English channel specially designed for language learners.
• Films in British English are a little more difficult to watch, as for many, their accent is quite difficult to make out (recommended films are Love Actually, Easy Virtue, King's speech, Bridget Jones's Diary). As for the American one, it's as easy as shelling pears, since almost the entire film industry is filled with Hollywood films.

In fact, you can find a lot of English-language sites if you search for them in the American search engine Yahoo.com. The fact is that when searching on Google, Russian sites first appear in the search results, and only then foreign ones. And in Yahoo.com, you immediately get to English-language sites according to the criterion you specified.

For beginners and intermediates, it is recommended to watch such series as "Extra" - British English, "Friends" - American.

Audiobooks

If you like to watch, then, of course, choose movies, series and TV shows, if you listen, you can sometimes radio. Audio books are also gaining popularity among children and adults. On podiobooks you will find modern audiobooks, often read by the authors themselves, mostly with musical accompaniment. Also here you can read reviews of those who have already listened to books. At learnoutloud.com, you can find about 30,000 free audiobooks and videos for learning and self-development. We recommend that you pay attention to the site librivox.org, where volunteers, native speakers, read books and send files to the site. For children, the site storynory.com with short audio fairy tales will be very useful.

Below is a list of equally interesting sites with a short description:

• freeclassicaudiobooks.com - classic audiobooks.
• etc.usf.edu is an invaluable resource with a huge number of audiobooks provided by one of Florida's online learning centers.
• newfiction.com - Hear conversational American English in new audiobooks on current topics, complete with cartoons and sound effects.
• free-books.org - The following audio books are available: Jane Eyre, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Anderson's Tales, Jack London Stories, etc.
• literalsystems.org is another audiobook site where volunteers read and contribute books.
• kiddierecords.com - children's audiobooks and songs from the 40s-50s from America along with colorful books. You can listen and flip through picture books online, or you can download them.
• robertmunsch.com - audiobooks for children, along with texts, read very emotionally by Roberts Munschs.
• alvietheburro.com - A series of funny children's stories about a little brown donkey named Alvie.
• kidsaudiobooks.co.uk - A collection of over 200 audio stories for children.
• mightybook.com - A collection of illustrated and animated audio stories for children.
• speakaboos.com - here you will find about 100 audiobooks for children available for listening and viewing online.

Learn how to learn English with audiobooks!

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A few tips

In addition, I would also like to give some advice on how to work with the above material. Do not try to translate every word - catch the essence, while watching, try to remember a few new words that were most often used - they will come in handy later, if possible, listen to the video or audio track again, this will help you better understand and remember the content.

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