Children's Story Sharing
Resources from Podcasts
(for parents, teachers, and their kids)
Below are links to resources for parents and teachers
to supplement the materials covered in the playful
My Baby Monsters Children's Story Sharing PODCAST.
It's episode/page 6 of our new, fun children's book,
Wild Animal Stories (fun tails for kids and other wild animals).
The Overfishing for Frankenstein Game:
- Who's older Fish or Frankenstein? FISH
- The first fish appeared around 350-400 million years ago... long before the dinosaurs... but modern fish are much newer. They evolved 40 million years ago.
- Around 200 years old... In 1815, to pass the time, some friends got together to see who could write the scariest story that weekend. A young woman named Mary (who was 19 at the time) won for her creation of Frankenstein, an idea which came to her in a dream. In the following years, Mary Shelly story became a classic.
- Overfishing or Frankenstein, which is worse? OVERFISHING
- If all the fish disappeared, the world would have big problems. For example, in addition to no more Sushi, the coral reefs would be covered in algae, and then the coral would die. And this could change the world's climate of the world.
- Frankenstein can't help being what he is... a monster. It is not his fault, he was built that way.
Learn more about OVERFISHING:
Learn more about FRANKENSTEIN and his MONSTER:
- Read the entire story of Frankenstein (the Modern Prometheus) by
Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley online for FREE [Project Gutenberg eBook]
- Is Frankenstein appropriate for young children? [a discussion from Story-Lovers]
- Watch the original 1910 movie of Frankenstein. It tells the story of a young medical student who tries to create the perfect human being, but instead creates a monster. Music from this silent movie by the Thomas Edison company was used in this podcast episode.
- One of the most listened to old time radio series, The Weird Circle brought listeners on a new, horrific adventures every week. The 1943 Frankenstein episode was used in this podcast episode. Discover free golden age radio programs with mad scientists, monsters, ghosts, and more at Monster Club Radio.
- Frankenstein, penetrating the secrets of nature: Looks at the world from which Mary Shelley came, at how popular culture has embraced the Frankenstein story, and at how Shelley's creation continues to illuminate the blurred, uncertain boundaries of what we consider "acceptable" science.
- The comedy of Frankenstein: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Young Frankenstein (1974) [Wikipedia]
- About Frankenstein's Monster and his movies [from The World's Greatest Critic]
- Frankenstein Lesson Plan for Grades 9-12 (14-18 year olds) [Discovery Education]
Learn more about SUSHI
Guest Artists and Songs in this Episode:
- I like fish is a catchy children's song by the Australian comedy group-y, The Gorskys. [discovered at the Podsafe Music Network]
- Puttin' on the Ritz, published by Irving Berlin and made famous in the 1930s by jazz-man Benny Goodman was revived in the 1970s by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder in their classic comedy movie, Young Frankenstein.
- F is for Fish: Wild Alphabet Story, "You were my Sushi, so extra juicy, but now the oceans are truly blue. 'cause the ships kept fishing, and fishing, and overfishing, and now it's all over for me and you." This fun kids' song is a parody of the popular country song, You are My Sunshine, first recorded in 1940.
LISTEN NOW to season 2, episode F (and read it's children's stories).
