Kids love fairy tales, stories for children involving fantastic forces and beings (as fairies, wizards, and goblins.)

You can have so much learning fun with fairy tales! Here’s a list of fairy tale picture books from Read Write Think!

Read a fairy tale — or a dozen. While you read, talk about the story. Then, extend the story with one of these ideas.

1. Puppet or Characters Show

Act out the story with puppets or collectables.

2. Draw the Story

Draw a scene from the fairy tale. Or draw the beginning, middle, and end.

Castle Art Idea from Deep Space Sparkle

3. Sticky Mosaic

Make your own fairy tale castle.

4. Write Your Own Fairy Tale 

Think of characters, a magical element, a problem to solve, and get creative!

5. What Makes a Fairy Tale?

Print out this chart from The Inspired Apple. Do you agree?

6. Make Magic Wands

7. Cook a Fairy Tale Feast

8. Fairy Tales from Around the World

Look at all the versions of Cinderella and all the ideas for learning about it.

9. Fracture Fairy Tales

Mix-up the fairy tales and invent your own new story.

10. Real or Pretend

Invent a game – “real or pretend” – to practice what’s true and what’s fiction when you read stories.

*Grimm fairy tales are often thought of as the grandfathers of the fairy tale but they can be too scary for kids – and don’t always have a happy ending. Consider reading them with older children only.

And they all lived happily ever after . . .