Hans Christian Andersen: Story Writer from Denmark
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Educational Resources
We are all familiar with these stories: The
Ugly
Duckling, The Emperors New Suit, and The Little Mermaid. Some
others that Hans Andersen wrote were: The Brave
Tin
Soldier, The Story Of A Mother, Little Claus And Big
Claus,
The Garden of Paradise, The Loveliest Rose in the world, The
Nightingal,. and many more. Hans Christian Andersen was born on
April 2, 1805 in
Odense,
Denmark. He died in Copenhagen on August 5, 1875.
Here are some sites that will help you become more aquainted with
H.C.
Andersen and his works.
Aesop's
Fables - 127 Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
ClassicReader.com:
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy
Tales and Stories
Hans Christian
Andersen
Center
Hans Christian Andersen Picture
Page
H.C. Andersen,
Childhood,
Fairy Tales, the Little Mermaid, Papercuts
H.C.
Andersen Fairy Tales Pictures
H.C.
Andersen, Illustrations to Tales Stamps illustrating H.C.
Andersen's Fairy
Tales from different countries.
Books
H.C.
Andersen Books @ Amazon.com
Places of Interest in Denmark
H.C. Andersen
Fairytale
World
Hans Christian
Andersen Museum
Including the story: Princess & the Peas.
The Ugly
Duckling Story Bag/Box
1. Book: The Ugly Duckling
2. Stories:
The
Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen (1844) with pictures
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
3. Play "Le Cygne (The Swan)" on the
Carnival of Animals / Carnival Des Animaux by Camille Saint-Saens while
reading
the book or story. You can go to Karadar Classical
Music: Le Cygne to listen to another version of this music.
Have the child listen to the music, have him/her use a swan to pretend
to
swim like a swan in water.
4. Patterns to tell (or retell) the story:
Make the number of eggs you need using the AEB:
Design Your Own Egg.
Use the a duck coloring page. Make one large mother duck
and reduce the size to make 3 smaller duck patterns. Color 2 of
the ducklings yellow and and the bills orange (and the mother's
beak). When the
Ugly Duckling is younger, color it gray and the bill and feet
black.
Laminate them and tape craft sticks on the back of each duck. When The
Ugly
Duckling turns into a beautiful swan, use Swan
@ TotCity, First-School:
Swan Coloring Page (you need to reduce the size), or Bible Based:
Kids Explorer - The Swan, color the bill orange and the tip black.
(You can use these instead: Big Duck
Pattern,
2 small
ducks)
Other animals: swans(small
image), turtle
(or others),
etc. (depending on the book or story used)
5. Music: The
Ugly Duckling Sheet music to part of the song and listen to the song
6. Swan
Puppet Craft
7. Coloring Pages:
AFUNK: Swan Coloring Book
Audubon:
Swan Coloring Page @ EnchantedLearning
Bible
Based:
Kids Explorer - The Swan
ESL Kid Stuff:
Swan Flashcard
8. Tangrams:
Swan Use the pieces from Strong
Museum:
Tangram Grid.
9. Dot-to-Dots: Duck 2-20 Dot-to-Dot,KidZone: Duck
Dot-to-Dot (1-9), Turtle
Dot-to-Dot (1-21)
10. Swan
origami (an older child or adult needs to do this)
11. View different photos of swans at: Dusko.net: The Swan.
Trumpeter
Swan Printout @ Enchanted Learning
(Place the photo link on an index card and information about the "swan"
another index card.)