Famous Fairy Tales at Fun Box 📖✨

This week, as a build-up to World Book Day 2025 (https://www.worldbookday.com/), we immersed ourselves in some traditional fairy tales at Fun Box!

Fairy Tales at Fun Box are more than just stories

Our activities didn’t just focus on Communication and Language Development or Literacy—they approached fairy tales from a holistic perspective, enhancing children’s knowledge and understanding across all seven learning areas. (For more information see: https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage )

Jack and the Beanstalk 🌱

Even our younger children had great fun in the garden "climbing" our number beanstalk while recognizing numerals and counting leaves and steps. This simple activity helped to combine Mathematical Development with the joy of Physical Activity.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff 🐐

Our Three Billy Goats Gruff tray gave children a 3D experience of this traditional fairy tale. They could re-enact the story using small world models, bringing the adventure to life! Apart from enhancing their Understanding of the World, they also expanded their Literacy and Communication skills.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 🐻

We explored this all-time favorite from several perspectives:

• Sensory Tray – Even the youngest children had great fun exploring different textures and experimenting with measuring capacity. They were unknowingly combining their mathematical understanding and creative development.

  
  
  

  
  
  

• Matching Game – The children had an engaging time matching Baby Bear, Mama Bear, and Daddy Bear to their beds and chairs; exploring mathematical concepts, reasoning and problem solving.

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

• Teddy Bear Picnic 🧺 – Of course, we couldn't finish exploring the story without a little teddy bear picnic in the garden, enriching children’s imagination and enhancing their communication skills as they replay the story.

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

The Three Little Pigs 🐷

This classic tale offered amazing multi-area learning opportunities:

• The children explored concepts like big and small, hard and soft, light and heavy by building small-scale houses using sticks, bricks, and clay, as well as large-scale structures using boxes and other materials.

  
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

• They honed their teamwork and interpersonal skills by working together.

• A story basket encouraged children to retell the story independently, fostering creativity and confidence.

  
  
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
  
  

The Magic of Traditional Tales ✨

Traditional fairy tales offer more than just a story—they are a rich source of knowledge for young children. With the guidance of caring and knowledgeable adults, these stories become powerful tools for learning and development in fun and exciting ways!

Famous Fairy Tales at Fun Box - video