Peter and the Wolf Language Arts Curriculum Guide
• Choose one of the characters in Peter and the Wolf to portray. Write a monologue for you to present as your character explaining the story from your perspective. Describe what you see, hear, feel and think. Tell what you think about each of the other characters. Practice your monologue and dramatically read it to your family and friends.
• What if Peter hadn’t caught the wolf? Write a different ending for the story. Use your imagination and make it your own. Explain how you would change the mood of the music to reflect the new ending. Would you change any instruments in any of the themes? Play them slower or faster, softer or louder? Think creatively, like a composer, to add to the drama of the ending you choose.
RUSSIAN & UKRAINIAN FOLK STORIES
• "The Wolf and the Kids" (Ukrainian folk tale)
• Links to many Russian folk tales
• Russian nesting dolls (Matryoshka) had their origin with this story.
Activites
• Choose a favorite story of your own- pick an instrument for each character. Perhaps make instruments using materials from around your house. Explain why you think the instruments would match each character. Put on a musical play for family and friends. Use these suggestions or links below for ideas:
• Make instruments of your own: Instrument-making activities for preschoolers; dozens of instrument-making ideas can be found here including guitars, percussion instruments, flutes and more.
• Ideas for stories to use (many can be found in your local library)
• Beatrix Potter “Squirrel Nutkin”
• Beatrix Potter “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”
• “The Story About Ping” by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
• “Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
• “Knufflebunny” by Mo Willems
• “Going on a Bear Hunt” (traditional story)
• “The Little Red Hen” (traditional story)
• The Russian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet. You can see the Cyrillic alphabet on this webpage along with the equivalent sounds (or approximate sounds, in some cases) in English. If you want a challenge, see this
puzzle page. Begin at the top left corner, read each word with its “clue”. If you follow in order you will make it through the whole Cyrillic alphabet by the end of the page!
• Make instruments of your own: Instrument-making activities for preschoolers; dozens of instrument-making ideas can be found here including guitars, percussion instruments, flutes and more.
• Ideas for stories to use (many can be found in your local library)
• Beatrix Potter “Squirrel Nutkin”
• Beatrix Potter “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”
• “The Story About Ping” by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
• “Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
• “Knufflebunny” by Mo Willems
• “Going on a Bear Hunt” (traditional story)
• “The Little Red Hen” (traditional story)
• The Russian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet. You can see the Cyrillic alphabet on this webpage along with the equivalent sounds (or approximate sounds, in some cases) in English. If you want a challenge, see this
puzzle page. Begin at the top left corner, read each word with its “clue”. If you follow in order you will make it through the whole Cyrillic alphabet by the end of the page!
