“if you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
if you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― albert einstein
Jul18
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
TRUE 😀
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) chris, thought you might like this reading ape –
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I DID and it’s so TRUE, plus, when they grow older loving the tales they’re more likely to continue reading and learning, thereby becoming more knowledgeable and intelligent. 😀
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exactly! and that reading can transport you to anywhere you want to go. no limits. )
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YEP – time and distance are no barrier to a good imagination 😀
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😀
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thanks for stopping with your bright smile, paul )
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Reblogged this on Writing Out Loud and commented:
I love fairy tales. :>)
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thanks for the reblog, fitz. i do too )
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Let’s face it beth, the old fairy tales were mainly cautionary tales designed to scare and entertain us. Who wouldn’t come back for more?
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yep, stay out of the black forest, don’t go with scary strangers, etc. but – they are also stories told at their finest, that all things are possible, there is magic and love in the world, there are many good people and heroes, in spite of the bad ones, we will persevere, and that life is an unlimited adventure.
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Your reminders of things to be cautious of…made me laugh. ~Marie :0)
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hah )
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I agree with your sentiments entirely. The Brothers Grimm selected a lot of folk tales and stories from Europe but had to soften them a little from the original. They had to take the sexual references out of their first edition and changed the evil mothers to step mothers etc. I had a look at this archive, you can certainly see how Disney changed them.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/archive.html
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thanks for the link, laurie, very interesting….
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You’re welcome beth.
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I grew up reading lots of Fairy Tales. Thanks, beth, for this very smart post.
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it was my pleasure, ann, me too )
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog….. An Author Promotions Enterprise!.
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thanks chris )
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😀
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Ha ha ha. He was really was a remarkable person on so many levels wasn’t he ?
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that he was, peter. that he was….
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Love, love, love this! I must be a genius then!
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you are, and now we know why, roy )
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Awww!
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So true 😊
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i think so too, diana )
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A brilliant and true quote! 🙂
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he was a pretty smart guy, and thanks for reading and following, harliqueen )
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So true! My son is reading tons of myths and fairy tales to his toddlers. They sit rapt for hours.
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that’s wonderful!
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Smiling at this.
🙂
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smiling back, lance )
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I love this…soooooooooooo much
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thanks, har )
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Reblogged this on Rethinking Life and commented:
This is SO important. That’s why they don’t allow kids to read fairy tales in school. The books they are assigned are horrible beyond belief. Fairy tales and fantasy get bad press for a reason…THEY MAKE YOU THINK. THEY MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT…and that, does not bode well for those would would like us to be sheep.
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i read the full lot to my kinder class and they love them and we have great talks about them. many of them have never heard them and they cannot get enough of them )
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So true. Myths are passed from generation to generation via fairy tales. Without myths as guide-posts we cease to think.
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yes, jennifer, i agree )
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The old stories were scary but kids love to be s.c.a.r.e.d. I am in total agreement. Reading to kids leaves a gift for a life-time. Nowadays, they sweep their books aside for iPads and tablets.
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yes, it’s so important to keep the stories, the books, the magic )
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😀 *nods*
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What a great quote Beth. I too grew up on Fairytales and my kids love them as a result. For me they’ve always been hopeful with just that right twist of magic and moral.
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thank you, i love it too, and the same for me )
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What about imagining new fairy tales to tell them, rather than reading to them?
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i teach a fairy tale unit to my 4s and 5s at school, reading everyone i can get my hands on, acting them out, discussing them, and when the students turn 6, they each write and illustrate their own original fairy tale and read it to the 4s and 5s, who look up to them in awe and look forward to writing their own stories. i could not be happier to see this.
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That. Is. Fantastic!!!
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i think it is one of the most important things i teach. many of them have never heard them, and the discussions about the whether a character is ‘good’ or a ‘hero’, and who is ‘evil, or ‘bad’,are amazing. their minds are just open and whirring in high gear. i love their logic and each year the group has their own ideas.
for the record, this year’s definitions at the end of the discussion: ‘bad’ is doing something by mistake that isn’t nice or good and might hurt someone, making bad choices, ‘evil’ is doing something on purpose to hurt someone, like a bully does. ‘good’ is someone who is nice and makes good choices, and someone who is a ‘hero’ is good even if it is dangerous, he/she is brave and helps someone else even if he or she might get hurt.
brilliant.
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Yep, the kids do sound brilliant.
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AMEN! The books in school are all wrong. I LOVE fairy tales!! xx Amy
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it is important to have them be a part of school, even my kinder class loves and discusses them )
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I agree 100% with you. They make you THINK. Hmmm…… Yep, they do!! xx Amy
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Love this and I couldn’t agree more!
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thank you so much )
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Once upon a time, I had a really smart friend who wrote a blog out of Ann Arbor …
Great quote, Beth.
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oh, maybe i know her/him? thanks mark )
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I am a believer for sure!!!!!
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i knew you would be susie )
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Wouldn’t have believed that early on in parenthood – yet I’m a full fledged card carrying member today.
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great to hear, dk )
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Fairy tales are quite wild, exciting and full of adventure, not all are ‘happily ever after,’ either! It is a great place to ignite children’s imagination, Beth!
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exactly, robin )
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Very great wisdom in the quote. We must teach our children to love literature and song. Make their mind come alive. Thank you for the quote.
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i agree, and einstein was a very wise man in many ways, it was my pleasure to share it )
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Mr. Einstein was a rare man.
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he was indeed
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You know it!!
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i had a strong feeling you would agree with this one, brenda )
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LOL You can definitely trust those feelings.
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You bet!
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ah HAH!
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Reblogged this on Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author and commented:
Reading fairy tales with the kids is FUN-damental! ~ Bette A. Stevens
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thanks, bette )
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