More on Aesop

The Circe Institute drew attention to my post "Aesop's Fables at Table."  Here are a few more ideas to make this work with a range of age levels (we have ages 3, 6, 7, 10):

1. Parents and older children can serve as models for the younger children in both the narrations and the formulation of the moral or lesson of the fable.
2. Younger children can narrate with the older children providing the lesson or moral.
3. Take your time before looking at the editor's moral - its very tempting to want to look immediately - it might even be good to ruminate on the fable for a few hours or a day, though it is hard to wait
4. Discuss the fable before formulating the moral, asking basic questions about the characters or repetitive elements in the story
5. Discuss the differences in the morals formulated - could more than one be correct?
6. Have a competition for forming the best moral - it should be short, memorable, and demonstrate some art at language (this is for the advanced Aesop scholar)

Questions or further suggestions are welcome in the comments.