Little Red Riding Hood Story Video

Little Red Riding Hood with a Twist!

When it comes to introducing narrative structure and features to our littlest learners, well-known fairy tales are often the first texts that teachers reach for. But let’s face it… listening to the same old interpretations of the same old fairy tales time and time again can become a little monotonous for both students and teachers!

Introducing Teach Starter’s rendition of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale with a modern twist! The video depicts the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale through animation accompanied by a modern-day, age-appropriate narration. With just enough tweaks to make the story fresh and to keep your learners interested, this particular adaptation offers a bridge between the familiar and the contemporary. 

Also worth noting here is that the video does not contain the story’s ending! This has been done purposefully to allow your students to further develop their reading comprehension skills by making predictions about how the story might end, based on what has happened in the story so far.

(Spoiler: This Little Red Riding Hood story stops just after Red has her first encounter with the wolf.)

Activity Ideas for This Little Red Riding Hood Story

This Little Red Riding Hood video is incredibly versatile! It serves as a valuable resource for teaching narrative structure and features, as well as for honing both literal and inferential comprehension skills in your students. The possibilities for engaging activities with this video are abundant! Check out some of these great suggestions from one of our experienced and passionate teachers:

1. Compare and Contrast – Create a Venn diagram as a class, comparing the original Little Red Riding Hood story with the video adaptation. Focus on narrative elements such as setting, characters and plot.
2. Role Playing – Choose a specific part of the story for students to act out. For example, students could work in pairs to act out the scene where Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf.
3. Write the Ending – Have the students write their own ending to the adapted Little Red Riding Hood story. This could be done as either a whole-class, group or individual activity.

More Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale Resources

Teach Starter has even more resources to support your teaching of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale in your early years classroom! Click below to explore some suggestions from our teacher team:

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Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Little Red Riding Hood.

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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Little Red Riding Hood

Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fairy tale.

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Little Red Riding Hood – Comprehension Worksheet

Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.