High Low Fairytale

Greetings! I have a new update for my TPT store that I would like to tell you about. I used to tell this story to my younger classes (PreK-2nd grades) about a Beautiful Princess and her Royal Horse.  The concept was pretty simple and it grew and evolved over the years, but basically it was told in person by me and with actions for each character.  It was much like an old timey Melodramatic performance where the audience is instructed to sigh whenever the princess was mentioned, boo whenever the villain was mentioned, cheer when the hero arrived, and etc. . .    

For this story, we sigh a soft high pitch sliding down to a lower pitch for the Beautiful Princess, "Ahhh" while following the shape of the downward arch with our hand.

The Brave Knight requires us to sing "Bum buh Daaah!" (Do, Do, Sol) while placing our right forearm across our chest, hand fisted, almost like we are holding a shield and raising our arm high on the last pitch.

The Evil Villain causes us to take our fingers and to pretend twisting a mustache while chuckling softly to ourselves (He he he).

When the Royal Horse is mentioned, we simulate galloping by patting our legs alternately and saying "Gallop, Gallop".

The other elements to the story are pretty self explanatory. If your kids are advanced enough to do the solfege hand signs for the Tall Tall Tower, do so.  If not, use a flat hand and follow the pitches up.  

Always make sure that the audience participation has movement along with the spoken or sung elements. 

The story itself has about a 5 minute run time.  The more experienced you and your students are at it, the faster it will go.

The Google slides link is available now on my TpT page at this link:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/High-Low-Fairytale-6448571

In the weeks to come, I will be adding manipulatives and activities to go along with this story that will be sold at a small cost.  

In the meantime, visit the Hungarian Folk Tales YouTube channel to get your students into the fairytale mood. I have not watched all of them and cannot promise that they are all appropriate for young viewers, but the Salt Princess was clean and the art and music were beautiful.