“The Flying Little Mouse” Questions for Children, Parents and Teachers

“Questions for Children, Parents and Teachers” to accompany the fairy tale “The Flying Little Mouse” help children navigate real life, not just the world of fairy tales.
In practice, children who are learning to read pay much more attention to reading itself than to its meaning.
But the goal of the OWLS TALES® educational system is children’s life orientation. And that is much more than simply learning to read.
Eight questions encourage not only children, but adults as well, to stop and think.

• How? How did the Little Mouse become friends with the other animals?
• Why? Why didn’t the Owl eat the Little Mouse?
Searching for the answers is an adventure in itself.
First, it gives children a chance to imagine themselves in the same situation and decide what they would do if they faced a difficult challenge.
Second, discussing the questions together helps each family find its own answers. And sometimes those answers turn out to be new not only for the child, but for the parent as well.
Thinking together develops children’s cognitive abilities, encourages communication and helps families find solutions together.
And yes — it is one more step toward helping children navigate real life, where we are surrounded by all kinds of “animals” and need to learn how to understand one another.
”The Flying Little Mouse” is the first fairy tale in the OWLS TALES® educational system — a system created to help children navigate life.