Articles for tag: Cultural Diversity, Folktales

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Best Books About Snakes for Pre-K Classroom Use

Are you in need of several children’s books to round out a Pre-K lesson plan on snakes? Have you already found a few titles that are to your liking? If not, you may want to rundown my list. Based on my experience, each tome on it has classroom value. Here’s the list: “National Geographic Readers: ...

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Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men

Mules and Men is broken into two parts. The first part is a compilation of folktales, often called “lies” by the tellers, collected by Zora Neale Hurston during time spent in and near her hometown of Eatonville, Florida. The second part of the book is a compilation of information the author learned under the study ...

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Asian Folktales: The Siamese Cat

The story took place many years ago in the kingdom of Annam. The ruler of the kingdom, at the time, was a ruthless man who severely mistreated his subjects. The people of the land were unhappy with the king’s abuses but remained silent for fear of persecution. Even the king’s most trusted adviser despised his ...

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Great Ostrich Themed Books for Pre-K Students

Are you hoping to introduce your Pre-K students to ostriches this year? Do you already have an assortment of stories about flightless birds in your classroom’s collection? If not, you may want to mull over the idea of obtaining one of the following books: “Animals That Live in the Grasslands: Ostriches” Want to open up ...