After we read the story, we had a lot of fun pretending to be Goldilocks and The Three Bears, acting out the story. Experts say that play based learning is the fastest way our little ones learn. This is a perfect example. The children are having so much fun, and have no idea how much… More THE THREE BEARS by Paul Galdone
I love any rendition of this classic story. There is so much here to use for preschool education. There is rhyme, repetitive text, prediction, farm animals, math, science (what would happen if a cookie goes into the water?) and movement if they play “gingerbread boy/man” tag. In this version, of course “boy” does not rhyme… More THE GINGERBREAD BOY by Paul Galdone
This classic fable is meant to show children the importance of work and helping others. Find these cute printable puppets for the story here: Before the story, each child received a character puppet to hold. They had to listen and hold up their character when they heard it in the story (a great exercise to… More THE LITTLE RED HEN by Paul Galdone
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler, Illustrated by S.D. Schindler. The Teeny Tiny Woman by Paul Galdone. We watched this on the projector: We then read The Teeny-Tiny Woman (Just a teeny tiny bit scary). This story is an old English ghost story: Each child received a “teeny-tiny” bone – what will they do with them?… More Spooky, Scary, Skeletons and Bones….Skeleton Hiccups and The Teeny-Tiny Woman
“Who’s that tramping over my bridge?”… More THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF
Henny Penny by Paul Galdone This book is so wonderful for preschool. Just getting the children to repeat the names of the characters is so great for their speech. It is also repetitive, which helps the children remember the story. Even nonsensical rhyming is helpful for emerging readers and for language. What does it feel… More THE SKY IS FALLING!!