The Three Little Pigs
Assignment 5.2 Rediscovering Fairy Tales
The nursery tale of The Three Little Pigs is a classic, heard by children all over the world for centuries. So, it was not surprising that several children in the classroom where familiar with the age old tale of “The Three Little Pigs” venturing out to find a new place to live after their mother has encouraged them to be independent, and move out! After all Mother’s hope for the best for their children teaching them life skills to be successful, and independent. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children the Three Little Pigs is about “controlling impulses and managing oneself in the outside world” (NAEYC, 1989, p. 60).
Understanding that with the
