Fairy Tales and Fables: Circle Activities

Calendar Date Icons

Icons for each day of the week to identify the date. Includes repeating patterns and contains 31 days so you can customize the unit to suit your specific time frame.

• Calendar Icons (Boy, Wolf, Sheep)

Songbook Icons

Support student participation by providing song choice icons and visual supports for each song.

• Fairy Tales and Fables
• Working Hard

Circle Activities

Use these activities to introduce the theme and teach key vocabulary and concepts.

• Fairy Tale Roll and Graph
• Goldilocks Size Sorting
• Moving Like the Tortoise and the Hare
• Red Riding Hood Races
• Three Little Pigs Bowling

Theme-Related Videos

Use the following videos during circle to introduce the concepts taught in this theme unit.

We recommend that you preview the YouTube videos prior to student viewing to ensure appropriate content as video links can break or change. Also be advised ads may appear within the videos. 

• The Lion and the Mouse
• The Grasshopper and the Ants
• Hare vs. Tortoise Car Race
• The Three Little Pigs Story
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Theme Vocabulary

Introduce new vacabulary and concepts through written and visual supports.

• "Little Red Riding Hood": Wolf, Forest, Ears, Teeth, Eyes, Cottage, Basket, Grandma, Hood, Girl, Boy
• "The Three Little Pigs": Pigs, Straw, Sticks, Bricks, Blow, House, Three, Chimney, Big, Little
• "Goldilocks and the Three Bears": Goldilocks, Baby Bear, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Chair, Bed, Hard, Soft, Porridge, Hot, Cold, Bowl, Broken, Kitchen, Bedroom, Sleeping, Tasting, Sitting
• "The Ugly Duckling": Nest, Egg, Ducklings, Duck, Reflection, Lake, Cat Tail, Hatched, Farmer, Swan, Different
• "The Tortoise and the Hare": Tortoise, Hare, Race, Run, Nap, Finish Line, Fast, Slow, Win, Lose, Cheer, Boast
• "The Lion and the Mouse": Lion, Mouse, Kindness, Jungle, Net, Asleep, Paw, Thorn, Grab, Roar
• "The Ant and the Grasshopper": Ant, Leaf, Sun, Rocks, Seeds, Grasshopper, Work, Play, Chirp, Field, Food, Winter, Rest, Summer, Fall, Spring
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf": Cried, Sheep, Lie, Villagers, Hill, Laugh, Creep, Chase, Truth, Village
• Colors: Red, Green, Brown, Pink, Yellow, Blue
• Shapes: Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Circle, Diamond, Star

• Vocabulary Flash Cards 3x5 (large)
• Vocabulary Flash Cards 3x3 (small)