Hans Christian Andersen: Story Writer from Denmark
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Educational Resources
Desert Blossom
Learning
We are all familiar with these stories: The Ugly Duckling, The
Emperors New Suit, and The Little Mermaid. Some others that
Hans Andersen wrote were: The Brave Tin Soldier, The Story Of A
Mother, Little Claus And Big Claus, The Garden of Paradise, The
Loveliest Rose in the world, The Nightingal, and many more.
Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805 in Odense,
Denmark. He died in Copenhagen on August 5, 1875.
Here are some sites that will help you become more aquainted with
H.C. Andersen and his works.
Aesop's Fables -
127 Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
ClassicReader.com:
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy
Tales and Stories
Hans Christian
Andersen Center
Hans Christian Andersen
Picture Page
Books
H.C.
Andersen Books @ Amazon.com
Places of Interest in Denmark
Hans Christian
Andersen Museum Including the story: Princess & the Peas.
The Ugly Duckling Story
Bag/Box
1. Book: The Ugly Duckling
2. Stories:
The Ugly
Duckling
The Ugly
Duckling Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
3. Play "Le Cygne (The Swan)" on the Carnival
of Animals MP3 Downloads / Carnival Des Animaux by Camille
Saint-Saens while reading the book or story.
Have the child listen to the music, have him/her use a swan to
pretend to swim like a swan in water.
4. Patterns to tell (or retell) the story:
Draw or print various eggs. Cut them out. Use a duck
coloring page and a large mother duck. Color 2 of the
ducklings yellow and and the bills orange (and the mother's
beak). When the Ugly Duckling is younger, color it gray and
the bill and feet black. Laminate them and tape craft
sticks on the back of each duck. When The Ugly Duckling turns
into a beautiful swan, use: First-School: Swan
Coloring Page (you need to reduce the size), or Bible
Based: Kids Explorer - The Swan, color the bill orange and the
tip black.
Other animals: swans
(small image), turtle
(or others
on my site), etc. (depending on the book or story used)
5.Coloring Pages:
AFUNK: Swan Coloring Book
Audubon:
Swan Coloring Page @ EnchantedLearning
Bible
Based: Kids Explorer - The Swan
ESL Kid
Stuff: Swan Flashcard
6. Dot-to-Dots: Duck 2-20
Dot-to-Dot, KidZone: Duck
Dot-to-Dot (1-9), Turtle Dot-to-Dot
(1-21)
7. View different photos of swans at: Dusko.net: The Swan.
Trumpeter
Swan Printout @ Enchanted Learning
(Place the photo link on an index card and information about the
"swan" another index card.)
