STEM Activities on Classic Fairy Tales

Published:
September 10, 2019

Contributor:
Jeannette Tuionetoa

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Who doesn’t like classic fairy tales? Snow White, Cinderella. There truly is nothing like these stories that have been faithful to us as children for generations. I love the idea of meshing these fairy tale classics with STEM activities.

Free Printable Fairy Tale STEM

This collection of STEM ideas go along with our favorite fun and engaging Fairy Tales from Candlewick Press. The STEM challenges focus on math concepts, engineering, and design.

Combining STEM challenges with common fairy tales will really make learning fun and interesting. This FREE download includes 5 different ideas that will help your homeschool kids learn new math and engineering concepts for kids in Kindergarten to Fifth grade.

These are some of the fairy tale STEM challenges for your kids:

  • Build the 3 Little Pigs’ Houses
  • Shapes, Counting, and Fractions
  • Design Cinderella’s Castle
  • Mapping Skills and Coordinates
  • Fairy Tale STEM Search and Find

These resources will be awesome for yoru fairy-tale STEM activity:

Candlewick Press- Storytime 12 Favorite Read-aloud Books! [Audio Cassette]Candlewick Press- Storytime 12 Favorite Read-aloud Books! [Audio Cassette]Fairy Tales: A Beautiful Collection of Favorite Fairy TalesFairy Tales: A Beautiful Collection of Favorite Fairy TalesGoldilocks and Just One BearGoldilocks and Just One BearCinderella: A Pop-Up Fairy Tale (Classic Collectible Pop-Up)Cinderella: A Pop-Up Fairy Tale (Classic Collectible Pop-Up)Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather-bound Classics)Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales (Leather-bound Classics)Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast

 

Check out this resource for a fairy tale STEM activity, literature-based math, and engineering from Math Geek Mama.

Jeannette Tuionetoa

Jeannette is a wife, mother and homeschooling mom. She has been mightily, saved by grace and is grateful for God’s sovereignty throughout her life’s journey. She has a Bachelor in English Education and her MBA. Jeannette is bi-lingual and currently lives in the Tongan Islands of the South Pacific. She posts daily freebies for homeschoolers!

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