Three!

This year in the Red Room, we explored fairy tales as a way to dive into rich, imaginative storytelling. Fairy tales offer timeless stories filled with adventure, problem-solving and emotion, helping children think deeply about characters, settings, and events. These stories also support language development, creativity, and social-emotional learning.

We told stories in many different ways. Sometimes we read from a book, looking closely at the pictures and words. Other times, we acted out the stories using puppets or wore masks to become the characters ourselves. We also used small world play; setting up tiny figures and props to retell and reinvent the stories in our own way. 

We also read different versions of the same fairy tale and had conversations as we compared and contrasted them. We noticed how characters, settings, or endings could change and we shared our opinions about which versions we liked best and why. These comparisons helped us think critically about storytelling and understand that stories can be told in many different ways.

Here are some of the books we read this year:

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
The Three Armadillies Tuff by Jackie Mims Hopkins

The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall
The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

Goldilocks and The Three Bears by James Marshall
Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Jan Brett
Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems