A useful tale for teaching respect for other's property, privacy, manners, obedience, and staying out of strange places.
Goldilocks and The Three Bears is an old tale with many
variations (An early - The Three
Bears).
In some tellings Goldilocks is a spoiled, disobedient
child who learns from her mistakes. In other tellings the
character of Goldilocks has no redeeming features and after she
runs out of the Bear's house she is neither seen nor heard of
again.
(Theme Unit, 1997, Rev. pp.45, 8 1/2 x 11, Tchrs. Ed., comb bound $8.95).
Fairy tales are relevant today because they contain important, universal truths that children can understand and respond to.
These stories help children make sense of their own lives and inner feelings.
But, if a child hears or is read a story once and then goes to another activity the impression of the story is diluted or destroyed.* (Bettelheim, p. 59)
Instead of reading a story once and putting it away our theme units build on the value of the tales.
Children need time to reflect on the story, to immerse themselves in the atmosphere that hearing it creates in them.
Our unit activities build on the story ideas, encourage repetition of the central concepts, and help children make the stories their own.
Folk/Fairy tale based theme units are useful tools that help your students develop those desirable social and moral values that are the foundation of our society.
Each Theme Unit includes:
Over 100 major experiences, with many variations, promoting learning across subject areas.
An annotated bibliography of different versions of Goldilocks and The Three Bears helps you find the resources for comparing and contrasting characters and story details.
Each Theme Unit includes questions and activities that provide
your students opportunities
that will stimulate their higher level thinking skills.
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