Hans Christian Andersen: Story Writer from Denmark
Pratt's
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
Books
H.C.
Andersen
Books
@
Amazon.com
Places of Interest in Denmark
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
The Ugly Duckling
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
3. Play "Le Cygne (The Swan)" on the
Carnival
of
Animals
MP3
Downloads / Carnival Des Animaux by Camille
Saint-Saens while
reading
the book or story.
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:
Draw or print various eggs. Cut them out. Use a duck
coloring page and a large mother duck. 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: 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.
Other animals: swans
(small
image),
turtle
(or others
on
my
site),
etc.
(depending
on
the
book
or
story
used)
5.Coloring Pages:
AFUNK: Swan Coloring Book
Audubon:
Swan
Coloring
Page
@
EnchantedLearning
Bible
Based:
Kids Explorer - The Swan
ESL Kid Stuff:
Swan Flashcard
6. Dot-to-Dots: Duck 2-20 Dot-to-Dot,
KidZone: Duck
Dot-to-Dot (1-9), Turtle
Dot-to-Dot
(1-21)
7. 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.)
