Old tales in new ways

Abstract

In this paper I will present new teaching material built around two fairy tales and a poem by the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen. The aim of this teaching material is to engage children from age 10-13 in creative learning processes in elementary schools. This will be done by combining lessons in handcraft and Icelandic, as well as music.I have therefore written music to each of these stories which will be integrated with the material and used as part of the teaching. The projects function as a bridge between classical composition and elementary school teaching.Besides the music, I have attempted to implement other creative elements such as puppetry, foley and poetry-writing.