“Here are benefits of reading folk tales, myths and legends to children:

1. They contain timeless storytelling elements that are important to understanding literature.

2. They provide insight into various cultures (similarities and differences, importance of certain values, history of a people, the effect of geography on stories, etc).

3. They can help cultivate appreciation of your own heritage as well as other cultures.

4. Reading a variety offers insight into the universal human experience.

5. They enrich a child’s imagination!”

Why Children Should Read Folk Tales, Legends, and Myths - Learning Through Literature®

This class is designed primarily for upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). Younger students may be allowed with permission from instructor.

Each monthly set of assignments will include instruction in a type of oral tradition literature (folk tales, fables, tall tales, fairy tales, legends, memorates, myths, etc). Students will read examples of the monthly oral tradition literature type (for example “Folk Tale”), and will choose a project to complete and post to the class stream (I will provide a wide variety of ideas for projects). After posting, they will practice giving positive feedback on classmates’ projects.

This class will be conducted via Google Classroom from August to May. Semester options are available; inquire for more information.

2024-5 classes begin August 26.