68 Stories: Supplemental Guide 4A | The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
- Tell students that every culture in the world—every nation and group
of people—has its own folktales. Explain that now some of these
folktales are written down in books and illustrated. - If available, pass around examples of folktales from different cultures
that have been written into books. - Be sure to emphasize that folktales are made-up stories. Remind
students that stories that are made-up or created from someone’s
imagination are known as fiction. Folktales are one type of fiction.
Picture Walk - Tell students that the next story they will hear is a folktale called “The
Wolf and the Seven Little Kids.” - Tell students that you will take a picture walk through this story
together. - Remind students that these pictures were drawn by someone—that
person is called the illustrator. - Remind students that this story is a folktale that was first told orally
so the author is unknown.
Show image 4A-1: Mother talking with the seven kids gathered
around - Tell students that this is the beginning of the story.
- Point to the mother and her seven little kids.
- Ask students if these kids look similar to the billy goats in the previous
story. - Explain that kids means young children (like them) and kids also
means young goats—like the ones in this story.
Show image 4A-2: Wolf at the door - Ask students who is at the door and what that animal is doing.
- Have students make a knocking sound by lightly hitting the floor, a
hardcover book, or their desks.