Series

Children's Fairytale Theater

16 episodes

Original musical fairytales staged for young children by Children's Fairytale Theater -- a small upstate-New York company that films its live shows and posts them free. Each classic tale is built around a character value (respect, cooperation, trusting your instinct, anger management, bravery), and comes in several sizes: full-length stage productions, quick ~10-minute classroom versions with built-in questions, the original 2005 shorts, gentle "Storytime with Edie" tellings, and a few picture-book read-alouds. Press play for a theatre outing on the classroom screen.

what this series covers

What Children's Fairytale Theater covers

16 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–3rd. Heaviest coverage: Theatre, Social-Emotional Learning and Reading & Writing (ELA). Between them they line up with 26 distinct standards across 3 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K: 16
K: 16
1st: 16
2nd: 11
3rd: 2

Episodes per subject

Theatre: 14
Social-Emotional Learning: 9
Reading & Writing (ELA): 8
For Fun: 1

Common Core — ELA 9

RL.K.10Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.2Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RL.K.3With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.K.2With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.5Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).
RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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RF.K.1Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.2.2Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

National Core Arts 9

TH:Re7.1.KaWith prompting and support, express an emotional response to characters in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Cn10.1.KaWith prompting and support, identify similarities between characters and oneself in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Cn11.2.KaWith prompting and support, identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Re7.1.1aRecall choices made in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Re8.1.1bIdentify causes of character actions in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, or creative drama).
TH:Re8.1.KaWith prompting and support, identify preferences in dramatic play, a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama), or age-appropriate theatre performance.

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TH:Cn10.1.1aIdentify character emotions in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama) and relate it to personal experience.
TH:Cn11.2.1aWith prompting and support, identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
TH:Cn11.2.KbWith prompting and support, tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 8

CASEL.RS.9Show respect and cultural competency across differences in background, language, and ability.
CASEL.RDM.2Identify solutions to personal and social problems.
CASEL.RS.3Practice teamwork and solve problems collaboratively.
CASEL.SM.1Manage strong emotions and impulses instead of acting on them right away.
CASEL.RDM.4Anticipate and evaluate the consequences of your actions before you act.
CASEL.RDM.6Reflect on your role in the well-being of your family, classroom, and community.

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CASEL.RS.2Build and keep positive relationships and friendships.
CASEL.SM.2Use calming and stress-management strategies (deep breaths, a break, asking for space).

Every episode is vetted and tagged before it goes in. Pick your state in the filters above to see your own state’s codes alongside these.

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