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Activity: Fashioning fairy tales

Materials:
Favourite books, paper, colouring supplies, puppet materials, egg carton, cotton balls, napkins
Time:
1 hour
Skills:
Listening & reading comprehension, art & design

To extend your child’s comprehension, have her create her own set of illustrations for her favourite books or stories. Make a doll or puppet based on Red Riding Hood, or fashion a set of mini-beds for the seven dwarves from an egg crate cut down to seven rows. Use cotton balls and napkins for mattresses and blankets.

Ask your child to retell the stories using her family members as the characters.