Teacher’s tips

Level of education: Elementary School - Early Childhood Education

Age: 04 to 08 years old

Fairy tales are often taxed as girls' stories, aren't they?! But have you ever tried to find out what's behind the dresses, glass slippers and helpless girls? There are brave boys who face all odds to save the day and the princess. Looking at it this way, they are very reminiscent of the stories of superheroes that children love and admire so much.

How about emphasizing this side of the story, so that the boys are also motivated to read and retell these stories?

These readings are not intended to segregate children, but to include them in the same activities.

Learner outcomes

Develop phonemic awareness; Build memory and articulation; Develop text reading and interpretation; Understand the use of the alphabet in the construction of words; Expand vocabulary; Stimulate the imagination; Stimulate creativity; Participate in different moments of reading; Develop attentive listening to understand texts; Develop and improve oral and written language; Read different types of short stories;

Teachers’ goals

Work on reading and text interpretation skills; Provide, in a playful and creative way, the progress in the reading and writing process of children; Expand the class's repertoire of letters and words; Offer the game as a didactic resource to fix the content worked in the classroom; Awaken the habit of listening and feeling pleasure in situations involving reading; Provide contact with texts of literary quality;

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

(Suggestion 1) Ask the children to draw a picture on the book.

(Suggestion 2) Ask students to draw their favorite children's story

(Suggestion 3) Ask students to retell the story including one of their favorite superheroes.

(Suggestion 4) Ask students to copy all the words in the text, putting them in alphabetical order.

(Suggestion 5) Ask students to draw all the male characters they can remember.

(Suggestion 6) Produce a puppet show and retell the story.

More about it

Some tips for teachers and parents to encourage reading habits in children:

These are simple tips that apply to all age groups:

• It is very important to have several age-appropriate books and magazines within reach of children (whether at home or at school). Children's literature books, comic strips, educational magazines, children's newspaper supplements, etc.

• To raise reading children, it is important that we are adult readers. Always have the reading moment, where the adult will also pick up his book to read.

• Reading to children should be a habit of your routine. Read a varied repertoire of books: short stories, poetry, riddles, songs, etc.

• When children watch a cartoon or movie and pay attention to the TV, it's a sign that they liked what they were watching. How about checking in bookstores if there are any books that have the same theme?

• It's also nice to ask them to retell what they've just watched, stimulating orality.

• Pay attention to the interests of the children. What do you like to read, watch, listen to... This makes it easier to offer readings that will make children motivated and interested.

• Based on experiences at school or at home, children can “write down” these experiences. First, building the text orally, as in a story. Then, structuring the text on paper.

• Visit libraries and let children choose the book they would like to read.

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