Traditional Literature
"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own."- John Berger.
It is also known as traditional fantasy, and it is constituted by the body of ancient stories and poems that from the oral tradition of storytelling before written down; they: Are from different parts of the world that have no identifiable author. Come from Oral origins. Were handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. Story tellers tell what they have recieved from previous tellers of tales. Some traditional stories have been told as truths, or with elements of truth. Today they are mostly considered fantasy. Some books are as follows:
Cinderella
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White and the seven drawfs
Little Red Riding Hood
Traditional literature demonstrates timeless popularity and is a very important part of children's literature for three other reasons. Traditional stories and poems had to have clear structures, plots, rhymes or rhythms to be remembered. The literature invites participation: Listeners had to learn the stories and poems or they would have died out and in many cultures oral traditions are still stronger than written ones.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Three Children Literature Books(4)
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble: The Native American girl who lived in a village that loved horses. People saw that she understood horses and would talk softly to them. One day the girl decided to take a nap on a hot sunny day. When awaken by lightening thuderstorms she stormed away with the horses and after that she was gone for about a year to two years until she was seen again. When arriving home where she belonged with her parents she had gotten sick and told her parents that she would feel better if she was running with her horses. Her parents agreed to let her go, so about a year later the girl was never seen and the people have always said that she had become one of them. This book can be teachable to a Kindergarten level if you're talking about Multicultural. You can use this book to show the students the different ways of how Native Americans live or how they think.
You can show them the front of the book, back of the book, the spine and what the spine is for. You can also build vocabulary words with them and put a picture of the word and put it on the letter wall, so that they can be aware of what that word is. Always asking open-ended questions to the children so they are exposed to language development.
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser: The book is about a boy and a girl named Hansel and Gretel. They both lived with their dad and stepmother. They were a poor family and had nothing to eat. The stepmom tells the father to dump the children in the woods so they wouldn't find their way back. They found their way back and the stepmom has dad send them back. At that second time they had been lost to find their way home, so they find a house that is made of candy and all sorts of sugary foods. In the house is a witch and she invites them inside to eat and then tries to lock them up. She wants to eat them but wanted them to be hefty. After that they end up escaping and end up putting the witch in the stove. The children got to get jewels and other things and ran home to give to their parents. Not knowing when they got home the stepmom had died and they lived happily ever after.
I would do an activity in the manipulative area and have pictures of what happened in the book and have the children put them in order on how the story went. What happened first all the way to what happened last.
Duffy and the Devil by Harve & Margot Zemach: The book is about a devil who wants to make stocking for a man named Squire Lovel for free. The devil would knitted and spinned the stockings. Although to the devil it was a game. The Devil said he would do it for free for the next three years. The only thing Squire had to do was guess the devil's name or the devil's dad's name. Squire had Duffy who was his servant. Duffy ended up finding out that the devil's name was Tarraway and the devil was upset because she had been told his name. So what end up happening was that everything the devil knitted turned to ashes.
I would do an activity in the art area and have the students draw pictures of a stocking and have them decorate the stocking or have them use Rhine stones, pebbles or buttons and have them decorate them using a hot glue with me supervising them.
You can show them the front of the book, back of the book, the spine and what the spine is for. You can also build vocabulary words with them and put a picture of the word and put it on the letter wall, so that they can be aware of what that word is. Always asking open-ended questions to the children so they are exposed to language development.
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser: The book is about a boy and a girl named Hansel and Gretel. They both lived with their dad and stepmother. They were a poor family and had nothing to eat. The stepmom tells the father to dump the children in the woods so they wouldn't find their way back. They found their way back and the stepmom has dad send them back. At that second time they had been lost to find their way home, so they find a house that is made of candy and all sorts of sugary foods. In the house is a witch and she invites them inside to eat and then tries to lock them up. She wants to eat them but wanted them to be hefty. After that they end up escaping and end up putting the witch in the stove. The children got to get jewels and other things and ran home to give to their parents. Not knowing when they got home the stepmom had died and they lived happily ever after.
I would do an activity in the manipulative area and have pictures of what happened in the book and have the children put them in order on how the story went. What happened first all the way to what happened last.
Duffy and the Devil by Harve & Margot Zemach: The book is about a devil who wants to make stocking for a man named Squire Lovel for free. The devil would knitted and spinned the stockings. Although to the devil it was a game. The Devil said he would do it for free for the next three years. The only thing Squire had to do was guess the devil's name or the devil's dad's name. Squire had Duffy who was his servant. Duffy ended up finding out that the devil's name was Tarraway and the devil was upset because she had been told his name. So what end up happening was that everything the devil knitted turned to ashes.
I would do an activity in the art area and have the students draw pictures of a stocking and have them decorate the stocking or have them use Rhine stones, pebbles or buttons and have them decorate them using a hot glue with me supervising them.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Three Children Literature Books(3)
Elmer by David McKee: This is a book about an elephant named Elmer. He wasn't a normal colored gray elephant. He was a very different elephant from all the others. He was a very colorful elephant. Elmer liked to play jokes and it was always about him. He wanted to be the same like all the others and he was able to get a hold of some berries and got into the color gray. When he showed up all the same as all the elephants know one noticed him but when it rained the color came off and he was back to normal. His elephant friends made a tradition every year where they all colored themselves a different color, made a parade and the only gray one was of course Elmer. Behind the story, I believe that you don't change for know one, you are you and that's how everyone knows you.
I think that this could be taught in the art area. I would have the children draw and elephant of their own and I would have them color their own elephant with any color they would like and post them up in the walls as their decoration of art work.
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola: This is a book about a young boy named Oliver Button. The kids at school and his father would call him sissy. They called Oliver that because he was a type of boy, who liked to do other things like dance, walk through the woods, read, and draw pictures. Oliver entered a talent show where Oliver calls it exercise and at school the boys wrote on the bathroom walls "Oliver Button Is a Sissy." He didn't win the contest but at the end he saw that someone erased sissy and put a star.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a chart and have the children think about what there favorite thing to do and make a list to see how everyone is different on their likes and dislikes.
The Case Of the Hungry Stranger by Crosby Bonsall: The book is about four boys that were named Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. Wizard was the main character where he knew a lot. The lady next door comes to the boys and ask them who ate a blueberry pie because she baked two of them and one was eaten up. The boys had no clue so they started investigating who could have eaten the pie. In the end they find out that the dog had eaten up the pie and they told Mrs. Meech about it. Since the boys found out who had eaten the pie she gave the boys the other pie and problem was solved.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a KWL chart where children can write down what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned.
I think that this could be taught in the art area. I would have the children draw and elephant of their own and I would have them color their own elephant with any color they would like and post them up in the walls as their decoration of art work.
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola: This is a book about a young boy named Oliver Button. The kids at school and his father would call him sissy. They called Oliver that because he was a type of boy, who liked to do other things like dance, walk through the woods, read, and draw pictures. Oliver entered a talent show where Oliver calls it exercise and at school the boys wrote on the bathroom walls "Oliver Button Is a Sissy." He didn't win the contest but at the end he saw that someone erased sissy and put a star.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a chart and have the children think about what there favorite thing to do and make a list to see how everyone is different on their likes and dislikes.
The Case Of the Hungry Stranger by Crosby Bonsall: The book is about four boys that were named Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. Wizard was the main character where he knew a lot. The lady next door comes to the boys and ask them who ate a blueberry pie because she baked two of them and one was eaten up. The boys had no clue so they started investigating who could have eaten the pie. In the end they find out that the dog had eaten up the pie and they told Mrs. Meech about it. Since the boys found out who had eaten the pie she gave the boys the other pie and problem was solved.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a KWL chart where children can write down what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned.
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