BEFORE STORY ACTIVITIES

THE RAINBOW FISH

A.   With the drawing of a fish, we have to stick coloured little pieces of paper (as scales) all over the fish

B.    Try counting the rainbow fish scales. How many are there?

FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS

A.   Counting 5 to 5 (5, 10, 15, 20…)

B.   Think about words with the letter M, and then, animals with M

C.   What a monkey does? What a monkey eats? Where a monkey lives?

A BIG LESSON FROM A LITTLE FROG

A.   What do you think the frog is going to tell?

B.   Do you know how It’s called a “baby frog”?

C.   Can you jump like a frog?

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

A.    Give examples of opposites, big and small

B.   Give examples of animals that lives in the jungle

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

A.   What do you think is going to happen in the story?

DURING STORY ACTIVITIES

THE RAINBOW FISH

A. This book has been translated into over 80 languages. Could you try to translate some of the words / sentences into a different language? Could you try reading one of the translated versions?

B. (when that part comes in) The Rainbow Fish gives away his most prized possessions. What are your most prized possessions? Why are they important to you?

FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS

A. Sing along the song with the lyrics

B. Sing the song without saying the word “monkey”

A BIG LESSON FROM A LITTLE FROG

A. Imit the lyrics doing the actions mentioned

B. When an animal appears, try to imitate it

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

A.  When the lion appears, stand up. When the mouse appears, sit down

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

A.   Predict the end of the story

FIRST NARRATION ALOUD: THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

Once upon a time there lived a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a 'real' princess. He traveled far and wide to find one but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were many princesses, but it was hard to decide how far 'real' they were. So he returned home sadly.

Princes and the pea. One evening a terrible storm rose along with thunder and lightning, and rain poured down heavily. Suddenly a knock was heard at the castle gate. On opening it was found that a princess was standing at the door. But, good gracious! what a sight the whether had done to her.

The water ran down from her hair and clothes; and she was in a very bad condition and "yet

she said that she was a real princess"?!, thought the queen.

We'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. But she said nothing. She went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I hardly closed my eyes all night. God only knows what was in the bed… I was lying on something hard. It was horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a 'real' princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a 'real' princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, provided no one has stolen it!

ADAPTATION: RAPUNZEL

Rapunzel

Many years ago there were a Queen and a King that wanted to have a baby.

They had a small window at the back of their house , where they could see a garden  with beautiful flowers and plants.

It also has a big wall , nobody could go there , because a bad witch lived there.

One day the queen was looking at the window to see the garden , when she saw a bed with beautiful roses on it, she liked it so much.

Suddenly the queen felt ill and told the king to go and get for her one of the roses, because she was going to eat it to feel better, so he took the rose and gave it to her wife.

Next day, at the afternoon the man went again to the garden, but Guess what, the witch saw him and she was furious .

• Witch: ¿Why did you steal my rose? You must be punished for it.
• King: I'm sorry please don't be angry with me, I did it because my wife is terrible ill and she needs to eat it.

• Witch: It’s fine, I will let you to get all the roses you need for your wife , but when you two have a baby, you must give me the baby .
  
  

The king was broken, he didn't want to give his baby to the witch , but he had no choice.

When the princess was born , she was given to the witch , who called her Rapunzel .

Rapunzel grew up as the most beautiful girl. At the time she was twelve years old, the witch locked her in a tower in the middle of the forest.

The tower didn't have any stairs or doors, but it had a small window.

When the witch wanted to get into the tower, she shouted to the princess:

• Witch:  Rapunzel, Rapunzel ,Let your hair down for me .

Rapunzel had extremely beautiful blond long hair and everytime she heard voice of the witch, she put her hair down and let the witch climb up to the tower.

One day, one prince was riding his horse through the forest , when suddenly he saw Rapunzel tower .

Then, he listened to Rapunzel singing and fell in love with her voice.

He wanted to climb the tower and see Rapunzel, but he didn´t know how.

One day, the Prince saw the Witch climbing up Rapunzel's tower , and shouting .

• Witch: Rapunzel, Rapunzel. Let your hair down for me.

The prince, who was in love with Rapunzel,wanted to rescue her from the witch at night:

• Prince:  Rapunzel, Rapunzel. Let your hair down for me.

Rapunzel, let her hair down and the prince climbed up the tower.

When Rapunzel first saw the Prince, she was scared of him, but because the prince was very friendly with her , She felt in love with him.

They both decided to scape from the tower and get marry.

So they made a plan to scape from the tower.

But when they where trying to scape from the tower, the witch appeared and discovered them, she was very hungry and wanted to kill the prince.

But Rappunzel didn´t let her to kill the prince, so she took the Prince sword and killed the Witch.

Finally the Witch was dead and Rapunzel and the Prince could scape from the tower and got married.