Little Red Riding Hood — 10-Minute Version (Children's Fairytale Theater)
From Children's Fairytale Theater
10 minPre-KK1st2ndTheatreSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A ten-minute classroom cut of Little Red Riding Hood, built around trusting your instinct. Red meets a too-friendly wolf on the way to Grandma's and has to notice when something doesn't feel right. Questions and activities are built into the video.
Viewer safety
All ages
The wolf tricks Red and pretends to be Grandma -- classic fairy-tale suspense, kept gentle and stagey.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Trust your instinct
- When did something feel "not right" to Red? What were the clues?
- What's a safe choice she could make when a stranger acts too friendly?
- Your instinct is that little feeling that says *careful*. When have you felt it?
Quick work-a-long
Green light / red light: Call out little situations ("a stranger offers you candy," "your friend waves hello"). Kids show thumbs-up or thumbs-down for safe or not-sure.