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A story retelling of Little Red Riding Hood helps children to remember the story characters as they identify the beginning, middle and end of the story and share in an engaging writing activity about the wolf. Let your imagination run wild with “Land Art!”

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a French fairytale for young children about a young girl and a wolf. The story comes from a folktale which means that it was a spoken story for a long time before it was a written story. Two local educators share this story first with an emphasis on story narration followed by an interactive writing lesson focused on the meaning of kindness.

Humpty Dumpty is a very popular nursery rhyme that is frequently used today to teach young children about the concept of rhyme. Humpty Dumpty is an egg that falls off a wall and cannot be put together again. It is believed that the phrase “humpty dumpty” originates from an eighteenth century slang term for a small clumsy person.

Revisiting the fairytale, Jack and the Beanstalk, offers children a chance to hear the tale in a different way and retell it with their teacher. When a young child hears and retells the same story, they become familiar and comfortable with a greater number of words and phrases.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered in a private ceremony at the high court, where her body is lying in repose.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock is a well-known English nursery rhyme starting with words that imitate the traditional clock-like sounds. This rhyme can be used to introduce children to the skill of telling time.

Jack and the Beanstalk is an old English fairytale about a poor mother and her son, Jack, who sells their only cow for three magic beans. Learn what happens when Jack plants the magic beans and finds himself on a daring adventure! Using their imagination, fairytales help teach children learn how stories are developed with different characters and how conflicts are resolved.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, has died at her home in Washington. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.

In the midst of a historic pandemic, economic hardship, and a reckoning with racism, this November Americans will decide who will lead the nation for the next four years: President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden.

“Hey Diddle, Diddle” is an amusing rhyme that encourages children to laugh at it silliness. It’s not meant to make sense. It’s meant to stimulate children’s imagination and bring about happiness! A number of familiar animals do silly things as the rhyme unfolds.