Fairy Tales
Andersen Fairy Tales (1-5)
Home of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, this site includes animated fairy tales as well as a history of the Grimm Brothers, games, and printables.
BBC Fairy Tales (K-5)
From the UK, this BBC site contains several fully narrated and animated fairy tales. The site includes several familiar classics as well as some lesser know fairy tales.
Classic Fairy Tales (K-5)
This internet hotlist contains many, many valuable fairy tale resources. You'll find everything from lesson plans and printables to interactive, online activities for you students! The Classic Fairy Tales site is an invaluable resource to anyone teaching fairy tales.
Filamentality Fairy Tale Resources (K-5)
Another great hotlist from Filamentality; this comprehensive list of resources includes links to teacher pages, stories, and activities.
Fairy Tale Land (K-5)
This interactive website contains numerous resources for K-5 students. Children can listen to online fairy tales, complete crossword puzzles, and much more. In addition, this site incorporates many cross-curricular activities including grammar, ABC order, music, art, and math. Furthermore, each story and unit plan contains a teachers' guide.
Grimm Fairy Tales (1-5)
Home of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, this site includes animated fairy tales as well as a history of the Grimm Brothers, games, and printables.
New York City Opera Cinderella Experience (2-5)
This New York City Opera Site contains lesson plans with links to a fairy tale glossary. In addition, on the left hand side, there is a "Create Your Own Fairy Tale" link. This template prompts students for many of the genre specific characteristics of fairy tales. Much like a mad lib, students fill in the blanks and a story is generated. The NYC Opera provides a great site to teach the characteristics of the fairy tale genre.
Scholastic Fairy Tales (2-5)
Scholastic offers this kid-centered site about fairy tales, making use of interactive timelines, maps and writer's workshops to make classic genres come alive for kids. In addition, interviews with fairy tale authors, fractured fairy tales and a place for students to publish their own fairy tales can be found on the site. A teachers' guide is also included.
