Little Red Riding Hood

First grade is diving into their annual fairy tale study in the classroom. This month they will read tons of fairy tales and write their own. We are loving fairy tales in the library, too. Second graders have great memories of this, so it wasn't hard to find volunteers to read from Mary Ann Hoberman's You Read to Me, I'll Read to You Very Short Fairy Tales for a video to present to the first grade classes. It was the perfect lead-in to our two week look at some different versions of Little Red Riding Hood. This week we looked at several traditional versions. We read the Caldecott Honor winning book by Trina Schart Hyman.



Coming up next week... Little Red: A Fizzingly Good Yarn by Lynn Roberts and Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet.

Happily Ever After in the Library

Once upon a time there was a library full of fairy tale magic. First graders at Parish are diving into a study of these ageless stories, and we're loving them in the library, too! We're reading some traditional fairy tales, fractured tales, and different versions of familiar tales. I love reading these stories over and over, again. The excitement, nervous thrill, and awe that they create is on the face of every child.



Overheard from kindergarten student..."I keep looking at that word, 'fum.' Cool word...I like it!"