The Bredensteiners: Cinderella

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cinderella

In our TJED playgroup we read Cinderella by Charles Perrault with our kids. When we met for playgroup that week the kids made their own "glass slippers" by tracing their feet on paper then decorating them with glitter and markers. The following Saturday I took my boys to see a real "Cinderella" play/musical at the Silverlake Theatre. The play was not actually the real cinderella story but I thought the story was actually better. My boys absolutely loved it! They were actually able to sit for the entire 2 hour show (with a 15 minute intermission). I will have to take them to more plays.

Anyways, as I was reading up on the story of Cinderella on the web I discovered that no one knows who the original author of the story was. There is actually a Cinderella-type story in most cultures; in China it is "Yeh Shen", "The Burnt Face Girl" to the Mik'maq tribe, "Tattercoats" in England, and "Marouckla" to the Slavs. I guess that Charles Perrault was notable in that he refined the story from its origin as a peasant tale to a more upscale version; in the peasant tale there was blood in the glass slipper from the severed toes and bunions of the evil stepsisters-GROSS. Thanks Perrault for making this tale a classic- we have sure enjoyed it!

UPDATE: After the play we had a "ball" at Christina's house. The kids dressed up, danced (well Ephraim did- all the girls loved him; Clay was too shy), played in a cardboard castle, and colored a huge castle wall art. We had so much fun!

1 comment:

kristen'n'thecrew said...: ew, gross-- one of the things i can't handle is severed body parts! i'm quite happy charles changed up the story a bit! maybe i'll have to try a play w/my kids since you were brave enough to do it! :); November 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM

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Funny Things my Kids Say

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