The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
A fairy tale from Grimms' Fairy Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected this tale in Germany in the early 1800s. It has been told for generations as a story about staying safe and thinking carefully. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The tale teaches children to be cautious and rewards cleverness and courage. It remains one of the best-loved fairy tales in the Grimm collection, remembered for the kids hiding in the clock and the stones that sink the wolf.
- Band
- Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8
- Length
- medium · about 533 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures
- Source
- Grimms' Fairy Tales, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
- First published
- see the About page in the reader
- Regions
- Canada · United States
Included formats
- · Web reader and PDF
- · EPUB for e-readers
- · Home-print sheet
- · Folded booklet
- · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
- · Worksheet
- · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
- · Read-aloud script
- · Colouring page
- · Teacher’s Edition (members)
Lesson at a glance
- Reading
- about 9 minutes at this band
- Pause questions
- 2
- Words to Know
- 5
- Quick Check
- 8 questions, with the answer key
- Let’s Talk
- 3 questions for afterwards
- Worksheet
- questions, an activity and a drawing prompt
About 35 minutes with one story, all of it.
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