A companion to Folktale Themes Volume 1: Pourquois Tales , this volume shows educators how to use folktales to provide meaningful educational experiences for children. The author provides activity pages, teaching ideas, story themes, and an annotated bibliography of further reading for a number of traditional tales. Intended for elementary school library media specialists, teachers, parents, storytellers, and recreation leaders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The exploits of tricksters, traditional fairy tales, and how-and-why stories offer many exciting opportunities for learning. Kraus's bibliographic and activity guides help you design dynamic story times and projects to excite students' imaginations. Activity pages (e.g., Venn diagrams, shadow puppets, multimedia projects), teaching ideas, and other materials can be used to prepare story hours, art and drama projects, literature reading units, cultural explorations, and science and nature studies. Myriad opportunities for integrating multicultural concepts into science, literature, and social studies.
