More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Fairy tales help preschool children with many different literacy skills. Reading familiar stories with different variations and different lengths helps the children learn to sustain attention to a story, be able to answer questions about a story, retell stories in their own words and encourages looking at books and "reading" on their own.
During this six week fairy tale literacy study we read a variety of fairy tales. We read: The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Riding Hood and The Giant Turnip. The children are familiar with most of these stories, but some may be new to them.
We read each story for one week at a time. Each day we read a different version, and usually a longer story as the week goes on. This helps the children with their ability to sustain attention and focus on new details each day. This gets them excited about each story and encourages them to retell stories and read them on their own.
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Fairy tales help preschool children with many different literacy skills. Reading familiar stories with different variations and different lengths helps the children learn to sustain attention to a story, be able to answer questions about a story, retell stories in their own words and encourages looking at books and "reading" on their own.
During this six week fairy tale literacy study we read a variety of fairy tales. We read: The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Riding Hood and The Giant Turnip. The children are familiar with most of these stories, but some may be new to them.
We read each story for one week at a time. Each day we read a different version, and usually a longer story as the week goes on. This helps the children with their ability to sustain attention and focus on new details each day. This gets them excited about each story and encourages them to retell stories and read them on their own.