Free teacher web sites for English topic ‘FS Big Book - Trad. Tales and Rhymes’

Seven animated illustrated stories including Dick Whittington, Billy Goats Gruff, the Sun and the Wind etc. All useful and lovely, even if you are just using them at the end of the day for story-time.

External link: BBC Tikkabilla stories

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Comprehensive collection of stories, well illustrated and accompanied by good activities. Spend some time on this site, you won't be disappointed.

External link: Fairy tale collection with additional activities

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• suitable for teachers’ personal use

Animated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!

External link: Goldilocks

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Unusual device that aims to do what teachers usually do - get the kids to write their own traditional tale based on the usual format and conventions. Give it a go, it could just do the trick for those reluctant young writers.

External link: Goldilocks-based story planner/writer

Animated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!

External link: Jack and the Beanstalk - British Council

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Very simple long single page with illustrations and slightly unusual text. The illustrations are the thing really as they are photos of some extraordinary mural at the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library in the USA. Would you like to live in a place called Pine Bluff? Oh never mind, just get it up on the whiteboard...

External link: Jack and the Beanstalk story

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Animated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!

External link: Little Red Riding Hood - British Council

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A lovely section of the Snaith Primary web site, that includes re-tellings of Little Bo Peep, The Farmer's in His Den and more. The questions are printable and useful.

External link: Mixture of stories with thoughtful questions

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Really lovely set of traditional tales with a difference. Good illustrations and easy to get around. Get these on your interactive white board today!

External link: Stories from Rainbow's Edge

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Copy of the Ladybird classic. Gosh this brought back memories for us old teachers - wonder if it will do the same for you? Not sure about the precise legality of copying old books like this but have a go at it while it's there...

External link: The 3 Little Pigs

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Top Marks to this picture'n'text only online big book. Nice and straightforward.

External link: The Gingerbread Man story

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Lovely, really lovely, re-ordering activity. Just drag the pictures into position and click the check button. Then you get the huff'n'puff from the wolf. What a crowd-pleaser. But if only they had the Shrek version of the 3 little pigs. We could do with some camp Germans around here...

External link: Three Little Pigs sequencing activity with huff'n'puff wolf

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Talking books, activities and downloadables based on traditional tales, all in one place. Well done Lancs NGfL!

External link: Traditional Tales collection

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Simple versions of Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs, with scenes you can annotate. Reasonable quality throughout.

External link: Traditional Tales mini-collection

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