Folklore Lesson Plan for Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

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Folklore is celebrated on the 22nd of August. It is a cultural tradition of a people, where customs, legends, beliefs and popular festivals are transmitted from generation to generation.

The word folklore is composed of two other words, meaning the knowledge of a people. Its origin is English – folk (people) and lore (knowledge).

Brazilian folklore is very rich and has different manifestations: legends, songs, parlendas, riddles, toys and games, proverbs and popular sayings, crafts, truck bumper phrases, tongue twisters, food and home remedies, beliefs and superstitions, literature, poetry and others, that need to be acquaintances.

See too: Folklore panel.

Folklore Lesson Plan – Legends

What will your student learn?

• Identify the organizational and structural elements of the legends and their purpose;
• Rescue some legends that are part of Brazilian folklore;
• Recognize legends that are part of the local culture;
• Recognize the diversity of local culture;
• Build the concept of legends;

ACTIVITIES:

Start the study of legends from the concepts that the children themselves know about the subject:

• Questioning about students' prior knowledge of legends (Do you know any other legends? Are there records of these stories? Who counted them? Do these stories teach people anything? Do you believe these stories?).
• To guide the discussion, the teacher may ask if the children know the following legends: the Vitória Régia, the Iara, the Boitatá, among others. In case any student knows, ask him to tell the narrative to the class.
• Then show an engraving by Saci Pererê,

Who is Saci?

• .Did you know that there is a day in Brazil dedicated to the celebration of Saci? And Saci, do you know who he is? Where did it come from? Have you ever heard the story of this fantastic character?
• . Ask the children to orally mention characteristics of Saci, discuss them, seeing what they have in common, what was known or unknown to most.
• . Then, propose to the students to watch together the video that tells the legend of Saci-Pererê:

ACTIVITY 2:

• Exhibition of the video Saci Pererê .
• In groups, the children should make a list of the main characteristics of Saci Perere, and then make a beautiful illustration.

ACTIVITY 3:

• .Perform shared reading: snake legend (local legend)
• After telling the legend, ask each student to illustrate parts of the legend.

Homework:

• Ask students to research with their families and neighbors if they know of any legends from their city and bring them back the next day.

 ASSESSMENT

• The class will be evaluated by the participation and involvement of students during the class, in order to re-plan a new strategy if it has not aroused the interest of the group.

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Folklore Lesson Plan for the 3rd year of Elementary School

Goals:

• Recognize the cultural importance of folklore.
• Develop creativity and language.
• Develop the research habit.
• Use the internet computer technology resource.
• Favor writing.
• Stimulate thinking.

Duration of activities:

• Approximately 05 lessons of 50 minutes.

Resources:

• Computer, craft paper, colorset paper, ruler, coloring pencils.

Strategy/Development:

• With conversation, survey what students know about folklore.
• Talk about the folkloric manifestations they use as songs, games, riddles, etc.

1st moment:

• Divide the class into groups, take them to the computer lab to research: Quadrilhas, riddles, teas (home remedies), lullabies, tongue twisters, rhymes, legends, using the Internet. (chosen by the class)

2nd moment:

• Returning to the classroom, organize the results of the research done with the students, starting to make a small album.
• 2 or 3 pages can be made per class.
• After writing, students will represent the elaborated page with drawings.

3rd moment

• Choose a legend to write.
• Do with them, the folding of the character of the legend.

4th moment:

• Assemble the album, which can be displayed in other rooms, or at meetings.

Culmination:

• This moment will enrich students' knowledge about the importance of rescuing cultural values ​​through internet research.
• In the courtyard, promote moments so that students can express the researched manifestations: circle songs, declaring the gangs, riddles championship.

Assessment:

• It will be carried out through research activities, productions, drawings, foldings, participation and involvement of students throughout the process.

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Folklore Lesson Plan for Early Grades

Main goal:

• Become aware of our cultural heritage by searching through folk literature.

Specific objectives:

• Know what folklore is and its origin;
• Rescue the importance of folklore;
• Search for legends, parlendas, beliefs, proverbs...

Contents:

• Song;
• Lock languages;
• Hunting words;
• Crusades;
• Divinations;
• Folds and drawings.

Strategies: Reading informative and literary texts;

• Making and illustrating a booklet;
• Illustration of popular phrases;
• Toy making;
• Exhibition of work carried out.

Resources:

• Various books;
• Scrap for mockups;
• Colored papers;
• Colored cardboards;

Assessment:

• Participation;
• Interest;
• Creativity;
• Responsibility;

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Folklore Lesson Plan – Brazilian Folklore

Justification

The need to keep the culture of the people alive in order to provide and disseminate the knowledge and information so necessary in the construction of our history led me to develop this project, which helps to understand "Today", based on previous experiences, rescuing "yesterday", without it being erased with time and new generations do not have access to their origin.

Main goal: Have knowledge of Brazilian folklore, identifying its characteristics and values.

Specific objective:

• Rescue traditions;
• Valuing Brazilian folklore;
• Rescue games and folk songs;
• Stimulate the child and their imagination;

Development

• Informative conversation collecting data you already know and what you don't, telling stories and legends, with questions.

what do you know

what they don't know

would like to know

• Telling the story of Saci Pererê, explaining his physical characteristics, values, and attitudes.
• Free drawing of folklore characters.
• Tongue twister work;
• Geometric shapes, with drawings of folklore characters,
• Parlendas;
• “What is it, what is it?”,
• Mathematical games;
• Modeling with clay of characters from Folklore;
• Folk rhymes;
• rewriting legends

Resources

• Stereo;
• Logical blocks;
• Video;
• Teaching materials (cardboard, chalk, colored pencils);
• story books;
• Scraps;

Assessment

• Through informal conversation;
• Creating texts about the entire project

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Folklore Early Childhood Lesson Plan – Playing with Folklore

Project justification:

Folklore is the way of acting, thinking and feeling of a people or group with the qualities or attributes that are inherent to it, whatever the place where time and culture are located. It's not just the past, the tradition; he is alive and is connected to our lives in a very strong way. That's why it's so important to get to know him.

Folklore knowledge is what we informally learn in the world, through social interaction – orally or by imitation. It is universal, although local or regional adaptations take place as a consequence of collective additions.

Main goal:

• Awakening and stimulating the pleasure of popular culture, valuing folkloric manifestations, valuing the cultural diversity of the various regions of Brazil.

Specific objectives:

• Rescue, experience and value the manifestations of Brazilian popular culture;
• Know the importance of folklore for the community;
• Encourage playful games with children;
• Expand oral language;
• Favor the construction of writing;
• Develop a taste for music, dancing and listening to stories;
• Promote interest in artistic expressions;
• Develop motor coordination and balance;
• Stimulate reasoning;
• Develop an interest in correct pronunciation and understanding of phrases that seem to “curl” our tongue;
• Use visual language as an expression;
• Using verbal expression, memory and character creation with a three-dimensional technique;
• Arouse curiosity and interest in the research, understand the meaning and meaning of the sentences and have fun with ambiguity in some of them. Exercise reading and writing;
• Working with folklore, expanding the repertoire on the parlendas;
• Develop agility and reasoning.

Contents worked:

a) Personal and Social Formation: socialization, respect, valuing the other, autonomy, initiative.
b) Oral and Written Language: speech, dialogue, argumentation, parlenda, tongue twister, riddles, songs, writing, recipe, reading, legends, informative texts.
c) Nature and Society: history of toys and games, different ways of singing, playing and telling stories.
d) Movement: dancing, playing.
e) Music: songs.
f) Art: dramatization of legends.
g) Mathematics: construction of toys (shapes, colors, measurements, recipes).

Resources:

• Books and magazines (information sources), scrap, colored paper, glue, scissors, CDs with stories and songs, toys, costumes, camera, photographic film.

Assessment:

The observation of the children's forms of expression, their involvement in activities and satisfaction in their own productions will be an instrument for monitoring the work that will help in the evaluation and re-planning of the action educational.

Culminating Activity:

• Exposure to parents, from early childhood folklore lesson plan, through photos, research materials, materials collected and made by children and presentations.

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children's folklore lesson plan

GENERAL OBJECTIVES :

• put students in contact with different manifestations of popular culture;
• lead to the recognition of the importance of folklore in the history of a country
• stimulate and develop imagination and creativity;
• encourage a taste for reading, singing, dancing
• present several manifestations of Brazilian folklore.

CULMINANCE:

• Exhibition of handicrafts created by students (drawings, paintings, folding, puppets, etc.)
• Text wall for all written productions made by students.
• Photo Wall (exposing photos of students at different stages of the Children's Education Folklore Project) – could be an Internet gallery.

MATERIAL RESOURCES

1.  Paper, glue, cardboard, crayons, scissors, paint, scrap, etc. (material already available at school) – it is important that each teacher provide what is necessary for each activity;
2. Internet Computer Lab
3. Jclick Software
4. Text editor

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Folklore Lesson Plan Early Childhood Education at School

Folklore is the strongest expression of the way of life of each social group. So taking into account the importance of cultural manifestations in the life of the population and the need for their preservation, we intend through this Folklore Project early childhood education to promote the integral development of the student, through playful and educational activities, helping them to establish a relationship with the past and the gift.

Relating knowledge, games, legends, characters, songs, toys, poetry, beliefs, proverbs, with the current daily life.

Using the technological resources available at the school, we will help to make this connection, as the continuous change of new technologies influence the way of life, work and social development of students, causing the need to transform teaching processes learning.

Therefore, helping students to recognize this link between the old and the new is fundamental for the construction of the collaborative knowledge, where family, friends, school and community are involved, in which everyone can learn and teach.

Target audience of this children's education folklore project: Kindergarten and Early Grade students, as long as the activities are adapted according to each level of learning.

MAIN GOAL:

• Rescue, experience and value manifestations of Brazilian popular culture, relating popular wisdom with current daily life. As well as involving the family and the school community in the proposed activities.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

• Identify yourself as an integral part of popular culture;
• Participate in folk activities, recognizing and respecting cultural differences;
• Respect the diversity of values, beliefs and behaviors;
• Search and record the various manifestations of folklore;
• Identify the use of formal and informal language;
• Read and reflect collectively on the message of the proverbs;
• Making murals, posters and videos, awakening the importance of folklore;
• Stimulate rhythm, creativity and enjoyment through the circle songs;
• Encourage writing in its various modalities;
• Knowing folk toys and games relating to current events.

METHODOLOGY:

Folklore can be defined as the science that studies all manifestations of popular knowledge, considered indispensable for the social and psychological knowledge of a people. Therefore, activities that aim to rescue popular culture through legends, songs, games, riddles, parlendas, etc. will be proposed. The activities will be developed individually and collectively, and for this it will be proposed:

Games and games;

• Representation of songs and parlendas;
  Reading and ordering texts, legends, recipes for typical foods;

Video sessions;

• Conduct riddles contest;
• Making murals and posters;
• Dramatize legends and film;
• Making toys and games using the technologies available at school;
• Socialization of the understanding of the research carried out.

RESOURCES:

• Computer lab;
• Computers, printers, internet;
• Datashow;
• Videos, DVD;
• Family and community assistance;
• Radio;
• Photographic camera;
• Books, notebooks, photocopied sheets;
• Colored papers;
• Pens, colored pencils, gouache paint .

ASSESSMENT:

• Students will be evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively according to their performance in activities proposals individually, collectively by the teacher and through socialization for self to assess.