Fables Block Completed & Published

Added to the website: Animal Fables & Puppetry lesson plans (pdf)

Includes:

• The Milkmaid
• The North Wind and the Sun
• The Great and Little Fishes
• The Hare and the Tortoise
• The Crow and the Pitcher
• Foolish Words
• The Lion and the Mouse
• The Bear and the Bees
• The Ant and the Grasshopper
• The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• The Fox and the Grapes

"Foolish Words" is a Jataka tale which Donna Simmons includes in her book Animal Legends: A 2nd Grade Language Arts Block. We have several wonderful books of Jataka tales... this could be, and sometimes is, given its own block in second grade.

I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told

Buddha Stories