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Fables & Fairy Tales for Kids

This document discusses different genres of literature including fables and fairy tales. It provides details on the key characteristics of fables and fairy tales. Fables are short stories that feature animals, plants, or forces of nature as characters and usually include a moral lesson. Some famous fables were written by Aesop, including The Tortoise and the Hare. Fairy tales involve fantasy elements like magic and supernatural beings and typically have a happy ending. Examples provided are Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. The document also discusses the creative and developmental benefits of using fairy tales with children.

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Fables & Fairy Tales for Kids

This document discusses different genres of literature including fables and fairy tales. It provides details on the key characteristics of fables and fairy tales. Fables are short stories that feature animals, plants, or forces of nature as characters and usually include a moral lesson. Some famous fables were written by Aesop, including The Tortoise and the Hare. Fairy tales involve fantasy elements like magic and supernatural beings and typically have a happy ending. Examples provided are Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. The document also discusses the creative and developmental benefits of using fairy tales with children.

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FABLES AND FAIRY

TALES

Students: Avdić Almedina


Karamuja Džemila
Nuhanović Sibila
GENRE

• Different types of stories can be classified according to genre.


• Genre is a particular type or category of literature.
• Examples of genre include fairy tales, science fiction,
biographies, legends, and fables.
FABLES

• A fable is a story that features animals, plants or


forces of nature which are
anthropomorphised (given human qualities). A fable
always ends with a ‘moral’.
• This is the lesson that is intended to be learnt through
reading the story.
• One of the most famous fables is The Hare and the Tortoise. In
this fable, both animals are anthropomorphised in that they can
speak and are competing against each other in a race. The
arrogant hare stops to sleep halfway through the race because
he is convinced he has enough time to do this and then rejoin the
race and win it. Meanwhile, the slow but determined tortoise
keeps going and wins while the hare is asleep.
• Most of our best-known fables are thought to have been written
by a man called Aesop, who is believed to have been a slave in
Ancient Greece around 550BC.
• The Lion and the Mouse and The Tortoise and the Hare are
examples of fables. Both were written by Aesop.
HOW TO TALK ABOUT FABLES?
• Ask them plenty of questions about the
characters to help them with reading
comprehensions:
Who else was running in the race?
Can you say that the hare was over-confident?
What do you think the tortoise was thinking as he was
doing the race?
FABLES
FAIRY TALES

• A fairy tale is a story, usually for children, involving fantastic


forces and beings (such as fairies, wizards, and goblins) in
which improbable events lead to a happy ending.
• Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are examples of fairy tales.
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
OF USING FAIRY TALES
• Imagination: These fantastical tales are examples of
storytelling at its finest and the simple yet mysterious plotlines
are not only entertaining but are some of the best tools to teach
story to children around!
• Diversity: Even though we think of these tales as a category
all to themselves, you’ll find stories which are thoughtful,
romantic, or even action-oriented, which means there’s
something for everyone!
• Culture: These tales are set in different parts of the world and
subtly expose children to many cultures while reading.
• Generational Connection: Just like nursery rhymes, fairy tales
can bridge the generational gap between your kids and their
grandparents by providing common stories for them to relate
to.
• Dramatic Influence: Fairy tales are some of the best
instruments for role-playing, plays, or child-designed puppet
shows!
• Emotional Resiliency: Fairy tales afford kids the chance
to see that bad things happen to everyone, but within a
safe (fantastical). This is especially helpful since children
aren’t yet able to think abstractly and this detachment
from the real world into the realm of fantasy decreases
the scariness factor for them.
• Emotional Processing: Because the characters in fairy
tales represent and externalize so many of the deep
feelings that children have, kids are better able to
understand and process them.
• Psychological Stability: Fairy tales speak to children
uniquely at each stage of their development. Kids
instinctively know these stories aren’t literally true and
that they represent inner conflict, which promotes a
steadier psyche.

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