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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites For Finding Folktales To Teach “Life Lessons”

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites For Finding Folktales To Teach “Life Lessons”

The Best Sites For Finding Folktales To Teach “Life Lessons”



In my classroom, and in my books, I often share short folktales to help communicate “life lessons” — perseverance, the importance of relationships, etc. Obviously, we teachers can and should use our own background knowledge and skills to find these stories and develop interpretations for them.

Sometimes, though, it’s nice to have had someone do some of the work for us already.

Here are a few sources of good folktales — with interpretations already clearly embedded in them. I hope readers and share other sites, too.

Thee are my choices for The Best Sites For Finding Folktales