Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Fairytales should be an integral part of every childhood. Ages ago, parents told stories to their children who then shared with their own children and so on and so on. Stories were also acted out, originally for both children and adults. What were once stories passed down from generation to generation became written text when recorded by the Brothers Grimm in Germany in the early 1800s. These stories are somewhat different from the tales we share today as the Grimm tales often had sad, violent endings. An interesting site with unvarnished Grimm’s stories can be found at www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm

There are many versions and variations of the original stories  available today. We started this after school session with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We read a version close to the original followed by a silly adaptation and a version that twisted to story so that it was a bear intruding on a family and their belongings. After the stories, the children worked on puppets that we will finish next week and watched a Scholastics video of Goldilocks and the Three Bears based on the James Marshall version.

Next week we will finish our Goldilocks puppets (don’t forget to bring four empty toilet paper tubes or paper towel tubes) and stories. The versions next week are even sillier than the one we read today! See you on Monday…

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