I learned in a couple of lectures at the Circe Institute that the "morals" of Aesop were added later by an editor. So, as a family at dinner time we began to read Aesop's Fables with sticky notes covering up all the morals. Then we each took turns narrating the story back and coming up with our own moral. It was fun and we actually had to read carefully and think. After we all had come up with our own moral, we would uncover the editor's moral and read it. Many times we agreed with the editor's "moral", but there have been times when we thought he/she got it completely wrong. Wow - real learning!
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This is a great idea! So simple, yet so effective.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment - the kids really enjoyed it. I found it quite difficult at times!
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