The Valiant Little Tailor

Episode 115 of the The Secret Kindergarten | For Young Children podcast, hosted by Gino Volante, titled "The Valiant Little Tailor" was published on April 19, 2025 and runs 48 minutes.

April 19, 2025 ·48m · The Secret Kindergarten | For Young Children

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Summary

"The Valiant Little Tailor" is considered an essential fairy tale for folklorists. What is essential about this tale for young children? The tailor character pops up in a few fairy tales. Consider Steiner, who said fairy tales are "nutrition for the soul", and the fact that fairy tales rich in symbolism. We could say that the symbolism of the tailor provides something for the soul of the child. Tailors make clothes fit, so there is a suggestion of making things in order, or dealing with people that are imperfect, perhaps immoral. The shoe seem to fit with this idea as you will see in the story… the tailor sets out to set things right and gain power and wealth at the same time. I believe the concept of "Tailor Symbolism" in a fairy tale could affirm the spirit of children with The Great Work. Striving in life to do the right thing, raise consciousness of the self and of others. A difficult task in this day and age but we must remain hopeful that The Great Work is something that is possible to live by and still put clothes on the backs of our children.AudiobooksGrimm, Jacob & Wilhelm (1785-1863). "The Valiant Little Tailor". Children's and Household Tales. Read by Bob Neufeld for Librivox.orghttps://librivox.org/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/BooksBrunelle, Lynn. (2018). Turn This Book Into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees. Workman Publishing Co.https://www.amazon.com/Turn-This-Book-Into-Beehive/dp/1523501413Bed Tracks and Other AudioChill Relaxing Lo-Fi Hip Hop | Born by Alex-Productionshttps://onsound.eu/ | Music promoted by https://onsound.eu/"Fragile Beauty" by Liborio Contihttps://www.no-copyright-music.com/https://www.youtube.com/LiborioConti“Cheer Up” by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/______________The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.https://thesecretkindergarten.com/For any questions or comments: [email protected] my work: https://thesecretkindergarten.com/about-and-contact/#donations-link.The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.<a href="https://thesecretkindergarten.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer...

Episode Description

"The Valiant Little Tailor" is considered an essential fairy tale for folklorists. What is essential about this tale for young children? The tailor character pops up in a few fairy tales. Consider Steiner, who said fairy tales are "nutrition for the soul", and the fact that fairy tales rich in symbolism. We could say that the symbolism of the tailor provides something for the soul of the child. Tailors make clothes fit, so there is a suggestion of making things in order, or dealing with people that are imperfect, perhaps immoral. The shoe seem to fit with this idea as you will see in the story… the tailor sets out to set things right and gain power and wealth at the same time. I believe the concept of "Tailor Symbolism" in a fairy tale could affirm the spirit of children with The Great Work. Striving in life to do the right thing, raise consciousness of the self and of others. A difficult task in this day and age but we must remain hopeful that The Great Work is something that is possible to live by and still put clothes on the backs of our children.

Audiobooks
Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm (1785-1863). "The Valiant Little Tailor". Children's and Household Tales. Read by Bob Neufeld for Librivox.org
https://librivox.org/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/

Books
Brunelle, Lynn. (2018). Turn This Book Into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees. Workman Publishing Co.
https://www.amazon.com/Turn-This-Book-Into-Beehive/dp/1523501413

Bed Tracks and Other Audio
Chill Relaxing Lo-Fi Hip Hop | Born by Alex-Productions
https://onsound.eu/ | Music promoted by https://onsound.eu/

"Fragile Beauty" by Liborio Conti
https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
https://www.youtube.com/LiborioConti

“Cheer Up” by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
______________
The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

https://thesecretkindergarten.com/

For any questions or comments: [email protected]
Support my work: https://thesecretkindergarten.com/about-and-contact/#donations-link.

The Secret Kindergarten is live every Saturday 2.00pm-3.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

https://thesecretkindergarten.com/

For any questions or comments: [email protected]
Support my work: https://thesecretkindergarten.com/about-and-contact/#donations-link.