Ask the children to walk like a prince, princess, witch, giant, dwarf, etc. You were out shopping and a witch asked you if you would like to buy a magic apple. You saw a dwarf who had lost his or her six friends and asked you if you had seen them. Someone said that they were your long lost uncle or aunt and they wanted you to go into a cave to find a magic lamp. Groups of four or five tell fairy stories of their own choice one sentence at a time.
Groups act out the fairy stories they have told in mime only.
Repeat with dialogue. One child in each group provides narrative links. Discuss main characteristics of fairy stories. With careful guidance groups attempt to make up their own fairy stories, bearing in mind the main characteristics discussed. The Princess and the Dragon Modern Fairy Tales Jack's mother has spent the weekly house-keeping money on bingo and makes Jack sell his bike.