Fairy Tale Notes

This is a personal list of resources I have found which are related to each Grimm's fairy tale. Please share other resources which you find; suggestions are always welcome! Page numbers refer to The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Pantheon Ed.) and are listed in the order they are found in this book.

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press includes a song and a verse to begin story time on page 66.

The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (page 17)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 70 -- song

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 39 -- wool picture

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (page 39)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 47 -- song

Let's Dance and Sing: Story Games for Children by Kundry Willwerth, page 16 -- circle game

The Pack of Ragamuffins (page 65)

Making Fairy-Tale Wool Animals by Angelika Wolk-Gerche, page 31 -- animal figures

Hansel and Gretel (page 86)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 63 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 88 & 89 -- two songs

Cinderella (page 121)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 55 -- mobile

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 32 -- wool picture

Let's Dance and Sing: Story Games for Children by Kundry Willwerth, page 24 -- circle game

Mother Holle (page 133)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 47 -- song

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 69 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 72 & 73 -- two songs

The Seven Ravens (page 137)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 47 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 83 -- song

Little Red-Cap (page 139)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 46 -- song

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 43 -- mobile

The Bremen Town-Musicians (page 144)

Making Fairy-Tale Wool Animals by Angelika Wolk-Gerche, page 25 -- animal figures

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 82 & 83 -- verse

The Elves and the Shoemaker (page 197)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 46 -- song

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 68 & 69 -- two songs and a verse

Little Briar-Rose (page 237)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 53 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 67 -- verse

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 22 -- wool picture

Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience by Molly von Heider, pages 14 to 17 -- story and eurythmy gestures

Little Snow-White (page 249)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 70 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 80 & 81 -- two songs

A Child's Seasonal Treasury, page 23, has a verse to begin crayon drawing which uses the characters from Snow White

Rumplestiltskin (page 264)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 44 -- song

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 59 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 76 & 77 -- song

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 28 -- wool picture

The Queen Bee (page 317)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 47 -- song

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 92 & 93 -- two songs

The Golden Goose (page 322)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 74 & 75 -- two songs

Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience by Molly von Heider, page 57 -- song

Hans in Luck (page 381)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 49 -- mobile

The Goose-Girl (page 404)

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 51 -- mobile

The Water of Life (page 449)

Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience by Molly von Heider, pages 38 to 40 -- story and eurythmy gestures

Sweet Porridge (page 475)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 78 & 79 -- two songs

The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat (page 482)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 44 -- song

One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes (page 585)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 71 -- song

The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces (page 596)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 77 -- song

Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience by Molly von Heider, page 57 -- verse

The Donkey (page 632)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 46 -- song

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 38 -- wool picture

The Star Money (page 652)

Rose Windows and How to Make Them: Coloured Tissue Paper Crafts by Helga Meyerbroeker and Polly Lawson, page 54 -- tissue paper transparency

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 67 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 67 -- song

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 25 -- wool picture

Snow-White and Rose-Red (page 664)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 45 -- song

Making Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets by Christel Dhom, page 65 -- mobile

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, pages 84 & 85 -- two songs and a verse

Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep's Wool by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke, page 31 -- wool picture

Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience by Molly von Heider, pages 8 to 13 -- story and eurythmy gestures

The Hut in the Forest (page 698)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 46 -- song

The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle (page 764)

Let Us Form a Ring: An Acorn Hill Anthology by Nancy Foster, page 45 -- song

The Crystal Ball (page 798)

Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press, page 90 -- song

NOTES
Gateways: A Collection of Poems, Songs and Stories for Young Children by Wynstones Press also includes

• a verse for The Three Billy Goats Gruff, page 79
• two songs and a verse for Jack and the Beanstalk, pages 86 & 87
• a song for The Flower Queen's Daughter, page 91

Let's Dance and Sing: Story Games for Children by Kundry Willwerth also includes

• a circle game for The Three Little Pigs, page 11
• a circle game for The Carrot (The Gigantic Turnip), page 28
• a circle game for Stone Soup, page 35

Roy Wilkinson's book The Interpretation of Fairy Tales includes notes on the meaning and lesson of many of these stories; click on the link for the Table of Contents.