Fairy tales for babies
My dear friends could you please recommend me simple fairy tales which are normally told to babies 0-2 years old in English. Or mb a webpage where I can find those. Thanks a lot!)
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Fairy tales for babies
My dear friends could you please recommend me simple fairy tales which are normally told to babies 0-2 years old in English. Or mb a webpage where I can find those. Thanks a lot!)A good way is to read any picture story book to your baby. They will be stimulated by the pictures and the sound of your voice, even before they understand the words. There is a South African website called Bookdash.org. The stories are written and illustrated by volunteers and are free to download and print as pdf or print ready. The illustrations are amazing and most of the folk stories are quite simple. I hope this helps.
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I think this is something special to Russian culture (I read about this in the book "Russian Disco", where the author was also surprised to find no folk songs when he left Russia).
In Britain, we have modern children's books, fairy tales (mostly of German (The Brother Grimm) or Swedish (Hans Christian Andersen) origin), or nursery rhymes.
For 0-2 years old, we would definitely sing nursery rhymes! Some have actions and movements as well, lots of fun e.g. "This little piggy went to market" you count each piggy on the toes of the baby, and at the end you tickle them. "Old MacDonald has a farm" involves making silly animal noises.
e.g. Row row row your boat, The wheels on the bus, Old MacDonald had a farm, Baa baa black sheep, Ring-a-ring of roses, Little jack horner, Mary had a little lamb, Little miss muffet, Doctor Foster, Georgie Porgie, Hickory Dickory Doc, Head shoulders knees and toes
Some of these are actually very historic e.g. "Ring-a-ring-a-roses" dates from the time of the Great Plague, 350 years ago.
Some other songs you might sing to babies / young children:
Rock-a-bye baby, London's burning, Frère Jacques
Examples of fairy tales:
Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, The Prince and the Pauper, Hansel and Gretel, Aladdin, Pinocchio, Pied Piper of Hamlin
And finally, some 'modern' children's stories (that now have TV shows and songs as well):
Peppa Pig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppa_Pig
Gruffalo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gruffalo
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar
Mr. Men & Little Miss: https://www.mrmen.com/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Men
Postman Pat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman_Pat
Thomas the Tank Engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine
Cat in the Hat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat
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Fairy tales for babies
My dear friends, could you please recommend me simple fairy tales in English, which are normally told to babies of 0-2 years old in English. or mb maybe a webpage where I can find those? Thanks a lot!)0
No, I didn't mean nursery rhymes. I meant something like traditional folk tales, but something really simple and short.
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