With one or various pictures from the webpage www.miescuelayelmundo.org, ask your students to tell a new story or simply to describe what they see in the image. Then they have to connect their new stories to readings they already know.

1A. Click on herramientas didácticas (didactic tools), where there are several topics which can be linked to reading. Afterwards, encourage users to read:

Environmental education: The fir tree (Andersen) hca.gilead.org.il/fir_tree.html
Values: the selfish giant (Wilde) www.online-literature.com/wilde/180/
Gender gap and equity: bluebeard (Perrault) http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault03.html
Peace and respect: The ugly duckling (Andersen) http://hca.gilead.org.il/ugly_duc.html

1B. Compare your own school to the schools of the following characters. Discuss the similarities and differences between:

Pippi Lonsgtocking
Stuart Little
Pinocchio

NB Hard copies of these books are required

Using the webpage sol.intervida.org/ES/Home.aspx, each student has to tell some part of the new story. They have to structure the plot and the characters of the new text, based on ideas from the webpage..

2A Click on juegos (games). After using this section, encourage users to:

Read only the pictures or illustrations, ignoring the text.Ask students what happens next. Do the illustrations explain the content of the webpage by themselves? What is missing, if anything, without the words? Do illustrations change the meaning of the content of the webpage?

2B Click on talleres (workshops). After using this section, encourage students to compare aspects of the webpage with a 'real' book. How are they similar and how are they different? Which of the similarities and differences make learning easier/more difficult?

Ask students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of internet. They have to give their opinions about both and which they prefer.

3A. On the first screen of www.clubkirico.com/ there is a map of world. Ask students to read one story from different parts of the world and to find each country on the map. For example:

Babayaga (Russia)The Little Mermaid (Denmark)
The Town Musicians of Bremen (Germany)
etc

3B. Click on Reporteros Kirico (Kirico´s journalist). After using this section, encourage students to become journalists and write about characters from children's literature. For example, what happens to Tom Thumb after his adventures, or what does Cinderella's castle look like?

On the website www.interpeques2.com there is a section with short stories for Primary Education which have been sent in by children via e.mail.

4A. Ask your class to read them and make a selection of the stories they like most. These stories can then be edited and printed into a book of stories that can be read by all.

4B. Click on actividades (activities). Characters from children's literature, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White or Hansel and Gretel can be used to extend these activities into:

Crosswords
Reading Comprehension
Riddles