7870 Hans Christian Andersen Bucket 5+

Celebrating storytelling
Build 11 different famous fairytales
from the hand of the master storyteller
himself. Here there’s everything from
The Ugly Duckling to the Emperor’s
New Clothes. Four tales can be built at
the same time – you can even build a
bust of Hans Christian Andersen!
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9306 Bulk Set with Special Bricks 4+

Perfect for building realistic or im-

aginary figures and objects, this big
set gives children unlimited freedom
to create, while helping them learn to
imitate their world and develop
their imaginative powers. Includes
transparent and flat elements.

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9131 Theatre Set 4+

Ideal for exploring role-play and

performance, this set contains differ-
ent scenarios, well-known fairytale
character types, costumes and sound
effects. Promotes verbal and non-
verbal communication. Comprehen-
sive Activity Guide provides ideas for
in-class use, as well as the LEGO
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curriculum links.

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200 years of Hans Christian Andersen
LEGO Education is delighted to
be supporting the Hans Christian
Andersen Foundation 2005 in its
efforts to encourage people all over the
world to join in creative play, magical
universes and an imaginative approach
to the world.
Get out your LEGO® sets and read on
to discover how the children in your
care can use them to create scenarios
related to some of Hans Christian
Andersen’s most popular fairytales.
LEGO Educational solutions are
special because they help you meet
your daily teaching requirements in an
exciting and appealing way. At the same
time they stimulate creativity, problem-
solving and com-
munication skills
in a way that
only LEGO
sets can. Let
us help you
to get your
children working
together, sharing
ideas and design-
ing their own solu-
tions.
Once upon a time there
was a poet, his name was
Hans Christian Andersen...
Here are some ideas your children will love!
This booklet offers you four delightful
activities to carry out with groups of
children aged from about three to six
years.
Each activity is based on one of Hans
Christian Andersen’s best known fairy-
tales and is designed to get children
really excited about stories and story
telling. At the same time we’re giving
them a challenge or a problem to solve,
to really put their skills to the test. Go
on – try them out. The kids will love it!
Hans Christian Andersen 2005 is a world-
wide celebration of the writer’s bicentenary.
Events are taking place all over the world,
providing opportunities to take a closer
look at Denmark’s national storyteller and
poet.
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The ugly duckling
Age range: 3 to 6-years-old
Resources
LEGO® bricks and LEGO® DUPLO®
bricks. You could also use: shiny
paper, coloured paper, card, tape,
string, straws.
Learning values
• Explore ways to retell stories
• Explore the roles of storyline
characters
• Be willing to share and take turns
with others
Read the story of The Ugly Duckling to
the children.
Introduce the activity Suggest ways to extend the
Can you remember what happens in activity
the story? Let’s try to tell the story to • Invite lots of LEGO and DUPLO
others. guest to the show.
• Will you give them all a ticket?
• In what ways can you tell stories? • Where will you sell the tickets from?
(Give examples; reading, singing, Make a ticket booth.
acting out, miming, using puppets • Where will they sit? How will they
etc) find the right seat? Will somebody
serve them refreshments?
Introduce the challenge and let the • How will you announce the show?
children build their solution
• Retell the story using your own mini
stage setting.
..But what did she see there,
• Use LEGO and DUPLO bricks to
build your scene and characters.
mirrored in the clear stream?...
• Find an audience to tell the story to!
• What does the Ugly Duckling’s home
look like? Where was he born?
• Who is in your story?
• What else do you need to make
your scene?
• Which part would you like to play in
the story?
• Do you need to make special
sounds?
Help the children to reflect on and
evaluate their own work
• What have they discovered?
• Was it easy to tell the story?
• Did any important parts of the story
get forgotten?
• What was the best part of the story?
• Did the story have a good ending?
• Could we change the ending?
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Thumbelina
Age range: 3 to 6-years-old
Resources
LEGO® bricks and LEGO® DUPLO®
bricks. You could also use: shiny
paper, coloured paper, card, tape,
string, straws.
Learning values
• Be willing to share and take turns
with others.
• Be able to listen and speak with
understanding.
• Be curious and able to find different
solutions.
Read the story of Thumbelina to the
children.
There once was a woman who
wanted so very much to
have a tiny little child...
Introduce the activity
Do you remember Thumbelina, the
beautiful little girl who was no bigger
than her mother’s thumb? Remember
how she was stolen by the toad? Let’s
see if we can help her.
• Thumbelina has been left floating on
a lily leaf in the water.
• Can you imagine how Thumbelina
feels when she wakes up on the
water lily and is all alone?
• Have you ever been left alone
somewhere? How does it feel?
• How could we help Thumbelina?
Introduce the challenge and let the
children build their solution
• Design and build a boat to carry
Thumbelina. She needs to be able
to stand up and sit down without the
boat tipping over.
• How will you make it sail?
Try it out.
Help the children to reflect on
and evaluate their own work
• Does the boat sail?
• Are there other ways to make it
sail?
• What could make the boat move
faster?
• What makes it move slower?
• How do you make it go where you
want it to?
• How can you keep the boat from
sailing away once you have reached
dry land?
Suggest ways to extend the
activity
• Design and build a place where
Thumbelina can dock her boat
safely. She needs to be
able to tie the boat
and get out of it,
without getting her
feet wet.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
Age range: 3 to 6-years-old
Resources
LEGO® bricks and LEGO® DUPLO®
bricks. You could also use: shiny
paper, coloured paper, card, tape,
string, straws.
Learning values
• Be able to listen and speak with
understanding.
• Know what is right and wrong
Read the story of The emperor’s new
clothes to the children.
..He couldn’t see anything,
because there was nothing to see...
Introduce the activity
Do you remember when the Emperor
was given new clothes made of the
finest cloth?
• Remember how the weavers told the
Emperor that only silly people could
not see the cloth?
• What happened when the Emperor
looked in the mirror?
• What did he see?
• Was he telling the truth?
• What do you see when you look in
the mirror?
• Can you make yourself look smart?
• Can you make yourself look cross or
happy?
• In what other ways can you
change the way you look?
Introduce the challenge and let the
children build their solution
• Using LEGO or DUPLO bricks and
shiny silver paper, make a mirror that
can stand on its own.
• The mirror must be big enough for a
DUPLO figure to use and big enough
for you to see your own face in.
Help the children to reflect on and
evaluate their own work.
• What does the silver paper do to the
reflection?
• What happens if you take a real
mirror? Is the reflection better?
How is it better?
• Where else can you see a reflec-
tion?
• What happens to reflections in
water?
• What happens to reflections in
glass?
Suggest ways to extend the
activity
• What are your favourite clothes?
• When do you wear them?
• Build a wardrobe where you can
hang all your favourite clothes. The
cupboard will need a rack to hang
things on. Can you also design and
make hangers for your clothes?
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The little match girl
Age range: 3 to 6-years-old
Resources
LEGO® bricks and LEGO® DUPLO®
bricks. You could also use: shiny
paper, coloured paper, card, tape,
string, straws.
Learning values
• Relating fairytales to real life situa-
tions
• Be able to listen and speak with
understanding.
• Love their family, friends, teachers
and kindergarten.
Read the story of The little match girl to
the children.
..and she could see through
the window into a room...
Introduce the activity
The poor and hungry little girl sat
out in the winter cold and waited for
somebody to buy her matches. Then
she began to light each match and
watch as they flickered and glowed.
• What did the little girl see when she
looked into the flame?
• Have you tried to look into a fire or a
candle?
• What did you see?
• Close your eyes and imagine your
favourite toy – what does it look
like?
• Open your eyes again – has your
image gone?
• Try again to imagine your favourite
friend, place or food
• Can you imagine things that make
you happy – or sad?
• How do you think the little match girl
was feeling?
• What would make the little match
girl happy?
Introduce the challenge and let the
children build their solution
Using LEGO or DUPLO bricks can
you design and build a shelter where
the little girl can be safe, warm and
happy?
Help the children to reflect on and
evaluate their own work
• Can you describe the place that you
have built?
• How does it shelter the little girl?
• What does she need to stay safe?
• How does she stay warm?
• How does she stay dry?
• What else would she have liked in
her shelter?
Suggest ways to extend the
activity
• Talk about people who are home-
less. How does it feel for them?
Why don’t they have homes? How
can we help them?
• Build a shelter for many homeless
people. Give them a place where
they can sit together and enjoy a
warm meal. Perhaps they should
have comfortable chairs? Perhaps
they should have beds so that
they can stay overnight? What
else do they need?
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