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Preschool, year round

Preschool: Fairy Tales {Week 2}

February 5, 2018

And we’re back with more preschool fairy tale fun. (Check out Preschool: Fairy Tales Week 1 here) We couldn’t squeeze all the princesses, dragons, fairies and fun into one week, so grab your magic wand and come along with us for Fairy Tales week 2.

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  Here were our plans for Fairy Tales week 2:

Tons of fairy tales themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

  And here are the details for each activity:

Begin studying fairy tales in preschool by reading one version of the story, making a simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets. Great for in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Retelling Goldilocks & the 3 Bears:

  If you followed along last week, then you know that every day of our Fairy Tales theme we are focusing on a new fairy tale. We began each day reading one version of the story, making our own little simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets.  This week we began with Goldilocks & the 3 Bears.

This color by rhyme bear activity is perfect for identifying rhymes and fine motor practice. Great for a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

  Rhyme and Color Bear:

  This week we focused on rhyme so we started with this color by code activity. Madelynn identified the pictures on the left side of the page, then searched the picture on the right for words that rhymed. Then she followed the directions to make each spot the correct color.

This three bears activity is a fun way to work on sorting concepts with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Three Bears Sorting:

This week we switched up our math focus and worked on sorting. For our first sorting activity, Madelynn sorted bowls, chairs and beds into groups by size for each of the three bears. Baby bear got all of the small items, Mama medium, and Papa large just like in the story.

We LOVE this Goldilocks sensory bin. Perfect for exploration with a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Goldilocks Sensory Bin:

  In this bin: oats, silicone cupcake liners, mini chairs, mini beds, goldilocks finger puppets, measuring spoons

Begin studying fairy tales in preschool by reading one version of the story, making a simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets. Great for in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Retelling the Princess and the Pea:

Our next story was the Princess and the Pea. After reading, Madelynn completed her simple storybook with cut and paste characters, tracing words from the story, and coloring each part.  After reviewing the main events in the story we used our puppets to retell the story.

This king sound stamping activity is perfect for letter, sound, and fine motor practice with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

King Sound Stamping:

Next, for more letter practice we used our dot stampers. We started out stamping inside the letter to make a K. Then Madelynn had to find the upper and lowercase k’s in the king, stamp them and make the “K” sound each time. Then she stamped the other letters different colors and tried to make the sounds for each one.

This princess and the pea sorting activity is a fun way to work on sorting concepts with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Princess Pea Sorting:

  For our math activity we did more sorting by size, this time with a more hands on approach.  I filled a tray with pom pom “peas” of varying sizes.  Then I labeled 3 cups for Madelynn to use for sorting.  She loves holding, pretending with, and squishing little craft pom poms in sensory bins so this was a fun way to incorporate them into our sorting.

We LOVE this princess and the pea sensory bin. Perfect for exploration with a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Princess and the Pea Sensory Bin:

  In this bin: split peas, toy bed, felt “mattresses,”prince and princess

Begin studying fairy tales in preschool by reading one version of the story, making a simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets. Great for in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Retelling Little Red Riding Hood:

  Our next story was the Little Red Riding Hood. After reading, Madelynn completed her simple storybook with cut and paste characters, tracing words from the story, and coloring each part.  After reviewing the main events in the story we used our puppets to retell the story.

This rhyming in the forest activity was such a fun interactive way to work on rhymes with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Rhyming in the Forest:

  For some hands on rhyming fun, we played this rhyming in the forest memory match.  I printed matching pairs of rhyming words, then used double stick tape to add them to the bottom of small trees.  Then I placed the trees in our sensory bin filled with peas.  Madelynn and I took turns flipping over trees, just as you would flip cards in memory, trying to make rhyming pairs

This Little Red Riding Hood basket food sort activity was a fun way to work on sorting skills with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Little Red’s Basket Sort:

  For our next sorting activity we focused on sorting by color.  I set up baskets with colored labels on each one. Then I gave Madelynn a bin full of different colored play food and filled each basket with the correct color food to take to Grandma’s house.

This little red in the woods craft was really simple and turned out so adorable. Great for a fairy tale tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Little Red in the Woods:

  This was pretty much the easiest art project ever, Madelynn may have made about 10 of them 🙂 For this project Madelynn used brown tempera paint to make a forest. All she needed to do was paint vertical lines across the page, but for some reason she really loved making them so she created lots of forest backgrounds.  Then I cut out small Little Red and Wolf characters for her.  After the paint dried, she glued them to her forest scene. You could also try painting on dark blue paper to give the scene a spooky nighttime feel, or add dots of white for a winter touch.

Begin studying fairy tales in preschool by reading one version of the story, making a simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets. Great for in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Retelling Hansel and Gretel:

  Our next story was Hansel and Gretel. After reading, Madelynn completed her simple storybook with cut and paste characters, tracing words from the story, and coloring each part.  After reviewing the main events in the story we used our puppets to retell the story.

This crown name craftivity is fun for name writing, recognition, and fine motor practice with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Crown Name Craft:

For this week’s name craft we created a colorful crown.  First Madelynn cut the crown pieces out. Then she wrote the letters in her name on each triangle. After she finished writing, she glued the pieces together in order to spell her name. She finished decorating her crown using  dot stampers.  Then I wrapped the crown around her her to measure for size and stapled it together for her.

These candy house sorting cards are fun way to work on sorting skills with a fairy tale theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Candy House Sorting:

  Since Hansel and Gretel found a candy house, we used different sized and colored candy to practice sorting in more that one way.  Madelynn used the same candy cards to first sort by size, then she sorted again by color.

We had so much fun exploring candy and science with this fun kid safe chemistry inspired science activity. Great for a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Exploring Candy:

What could be more fun than a science experiment with candy.  For this science exploration activity, I set out a tray with lots of different types of candy with varying textures and consistencies (M&Ms, starburst, chocolate bars, cotton candy, etc.) I also set out 3 cups with water, vinegar, and seltzer and eye droppers. Madelynn loved exploring the properties of each type of candy by mixing, smooshing…and tasting of course!

This fairy tale journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Retelling Three Little Pigs:

  Our last story was The Three Little Pigs. After reading, Madelynn completed her simple storybook with cut and paste characters, tracing words from the story, and coloring each part.  After reviewing the main events in the story we used our puppets to retell the story.

Begin studying fairy tales in preschool by reading one version of the story, making a simple story book, then retelling the story with puppets. Great for in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Fairy Tale Journal Writing:

For our journal this week Madelynn chose to draw and label a house she would like to build. She decided to a brick house.  After drawing I asked her what she wanted to write about her picture. She said, “I built a brick house.” So I drew 5 lines, then we worked on writing the sounds together. She wrote “i b A Bk H.”

This 3 little pigs logic game has 48 challenges included at varying levels. Such a fun way to practice spatial awareness and problem solving skills. Great for a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Three Little Pigs Logic Game:

  I found this amazing 3 little pigs game a while back and knew I wanted to include it in our Fairy Tale Plans. The game has 48 challenges included. In each challenge Madelynn had to look at the picture to place the pigs and wolf in the correct spot, then add the house pieces so that all the pigs were in houses and the wolf was left outside.  Such a fun way to practice spatial awareness and problem solving skills.

This 3 little pigs house craft was fun way to create our own dramatic play pieces and work on fine motor skills. Great for a fairy tale theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

3 Little Pig Houses:

Our final project was making houses for the 3 little pigs.  To make these little houses we started with 3 clear cups, straw (raffia), sticks (real ones from outside), and bricks (small red foam rectangles).  I helped Madelynn glue the materials to each cup using low temp. hot glue. I chose to use hot glue so that the pieces would stay because I wanted Madelynn to be able to pretend and play with her houses.  This was a nice lesson in being careful and patient when placing the pieces as well so that she didn’t get burned.  To finish off each house i gave madelynn a semi circle of black paper to roll and tape into a roof.

Want all of this week’s Fairy Tales activities for preschool?  You can grab them here:
On my site : Fairy Tales Plans & Printables On TpT: Fairy Tales Plans & Printables

Tons of fairy tale activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Preschool Bundle On TpT here: Preschool Bundle

45 weeks of engaging themed activities and ideas ready to go for your 3-4 year old. Weekly plans include reading comprehension, literacy, math, sensory play, arts & crafts and Science/social studies concepts. Everything you need for a year packed full of Preschool fun and learning.

Then check out the rest of our 45+ themes on the Preschool Curriculum Main Page.

by Jessica 
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Bright ideas for the little learners ~ Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten is an education blog dedicated to fresh, engaging, and fun teaching ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and the primary classroom.

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  1. Kim Kluge says: April 14, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    Hi Jessica,

    Your projects are adorable and I’m so excited I discovered your site today! I was wondering where you found the template for the triangles with tabs used for the name crown craft. Thank you!

    Kim

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    • Jessica says: April 18, 2020 at 9:38 am

      I created all of the printables and templates used in our fairy tale unit. You can fine them here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Fairy-Tales-Plans-and-Printables-3655060

      Reply

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