Education World – Ann-Maree Thompson
“Ok, this story has left out a few details but she did learn to ‘swim’ and she did teach a fairy tale unit every year for the next 15 years! Parents would comment on how their children took up reading fairy tales at home. Students voluntarily wrote their own fairy tale stories and brought them to school to share. Reluctant readers and writers – I don’t think so! Fairy tales are one of the greatest teaching tools. Not only are they entertaining but they can be used to teach the narrative writing genre. A suggested path to teaching fairy tales:” (more)