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'Cinderella Did Not Speak Up': Critical Literacy Approach Using Folk/Fairy Tales and Their Parodies in an Early Childhood Classroom
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Wee, Su-Jeong; Kim, Kyoung Jin; Lee, Youngmi – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This qualitative study examined a class of 20 five-year-old Korean children's literary sessions that were composed of whole-group read-alouds of fairy/folk tales and their parodies, including discussion and follow-up activities based on critical literacy practices. Over a 15-week period, multiple sources of data including observations, open-ended…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Literacy Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
An Exploration of the Uses of Children's Books as an Approach for Enhancing Cultural Diversity.
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Pardeck, John T.; Pardeck, Jean A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Offers strategies for using children's books as tools for teaching able-bodied children about the unique needs of children with disabilities and how disabilities are an important aspect of cultural diversity. Notes five genres for conducting bibliotherapy: fiction, nonfiction, self-help books, fairy tales, and picture books. Provides an annotated…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences
Children's and Adults' Responses to Fairy Tales.
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Strayer, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Investigated North American children's and adults' familiarity with, and liking for, fairy tales. Results support the hypotheses that children's liking for fairy tales relates significantly to their involvement in imagining activities and that more general imagining involvements are likely to be associated with, or to mediate differences in, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Development
The Role of the Fairy Story in Developing a "Sense of Self" in Young Children with Identified Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
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Thomas, Jennifer – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Investigates link between a child's needs and use of fairy stories. Reviews literature on child development, maternal care, disturbed development, shadow self, play, and emotional holding. Considers aspects of therapeutic education, including emotional literacy, therapeutic approach, national literacy strategy, and the use of image and metaphor.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Bibliotherapy, Child Development, Childhood Needs