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1. Fairy Tales One of my favorite types of stories growing up were fairy tales. And why not? Children have vivid imaginations which allow them to be swept away in the magic of the story. Even before I was reading, I would look at the pictures and make up my own sto...
2. Classic Children's Fairy Tales There is nothing like a timeless fairy tale to take us to a place of wonder and imagination. In a day where reality is sometimes harsh, children's fairy tales beckon us to a time of innocence and invite us to a haven of escape. I started this Squido...
3. Fairy Tales "Come! Oh human child! To the woods and waters wild, With a fairy hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." From The Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales agai...
4. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? How do you feel about Gray Wolves? What do you know about wolves in general? Do wolves really dress in Grandma's clothes and eat little girls? In the Wolf Unit Study you can learn about the anatomy of these fascinating canines, where they live,...
5. Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The unit studies I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation. I believe that each topic s...
6. Spoonerisms ☺ We've all done it. We dry our tarnedest to cleak spearly and make our cleanings mere, but it rums out all cong. It might happen during a tight on the noun, when we've had tee many martoonis and are thunker than we drink. Or we could be serfectly pobe...
7. The Three Billy Goats Gruff Reading the classic tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff is a delightful way to kick off a Unit Study on Goats. We compare fiction and non-fiction goats, make graphs, build bridges and play lots of games. Goat's milk and goat cheese are staples in ma...
8. The BEAUTY & THE BEAST (A NaNoWriMo Entry For 2008) This is my lens devoted to the most beautiful love story ever written: The Beauty and The Beast. Here you will find an overview of the story, and info about the many versions that have come out over the years. This lens will also act as my brainsto...
9. Nursery Rhymes Being passed on for hundreds of years, nursery rhymes capture the imagination of children generation after generation. These short rhyming poems have captivated millions worldwide.
10. Fantasy Beasts I´m a great fantasy fan - be it fantasy art, fantasy fiction, or fantasy games. I design a lot of fantasy motives for my Fantasy Realm shop , and I love dragons, elves,fairies, unicorns, dwarves and all those other cute or fierce beings. Want to kno...
11. Childrens Audio Books Childrens books are a great way to learn about the world. Unfortunately many kids don't like to read, so, it's important to show them how interesting books can be. Childrens Audio Books are a good method and a first step to introduce books to childr...
12. The Sisters Grimm Orphaned after their parents mysteriously disappear, sisters Daphne and Sabrina Grimm are sent to live with the grandmother they've never known. They had been told that Granny Relda was dead, when in fact she was very much alive and living in upstate...
13. On Becoming Santa It can safely be said that Santa Claus is the most popular CosPlay of all time. Santa Claus is the only CosPlay you are guaranteed to see each year, every year. Santa Claus is the only CosPlay that has been played every year since the 1830's making i...
14. Fairy Tales - The Elves There was once a shoemaker, who, through no fault of his own, became so poor that at last he had nothing left but just enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut out the shoes at night, so as to set to work upon them next morning; and as he had...
15. Arthur Rackham Although I've seen much of Arthur's artwork, I know nothing about this man. What an enchanting life he must have lead. Arthur Rackham was an illustrator of many children's books, including Peter Pan, Rip van Winkle, and Alice in Wonderland. All of hi...
16. a Fractured Fairy Tales inspired creative writing contest You will have a chance to submit your own fractured writing or poetry. As a diversion and tangent, I've included a few Fractured Fairy Tales from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The original creative writing contest compendium was lost in the sacking...
17. The Three Bears: A Unit Study There are the three bears that Goldilocks encountered but in Alaska there are also three types of real bears. (Ok, Four if you count the Kodiak but it fits the tale better to combine the Kodiak with the Brown or Grizzly Bears.) The three best known...
18. What Is "Speculative Fiction"? Speculative Fiction, or "SpecFic", is hard to define. It's "What If?" - the fantastic in a fictional setting. Sound vague? Read on.
19. Fairy Tales - Mother Hulda A widow had two daughters; one was pretty and industrious, the other was ugly and lazy. And as the ugly one was her own daughter, she loved her much the best, and the pretty one was made to do all the work, and be the drudge of the house. From the b...
20. Fairy Tales - Little Red Cap There was once a sweet little maid, much beloved by everybody, but most of all by her grandmother, who never knew how to make enough of her. Once she sent her a little cap of red velvet, and as it was very becoming to her, and she never wore anything...