This series of five Ugly Duckling Learning Activities focuses on fine motor tracing activities, coding, math facts, and pattern blocks. It is part of a monthly fairy tale series 3 Dinosaurs and I have been sharing for months. Below you will find the fairy tales previously shared.
After you explore these please take a moment to explore some of the other fairy tale sets. They represent sets from my blog and 3 Dinosaurs.
Books Based on the Ugly Duckling
Below you will find Ugly Duckling Themed Books to read to your children before exploring the activities.
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This version of the Ugly Duckling takes place in Africa and features African animals.
Little Golden Books were such fun to read when I was little. Here is an Ugly Duckling Golden Book that tells they tradition tale.
Ugly Duckling Themed Learning Activities
This series’ posts will be displayed below on the day they are posted. Please take the time to check all of them out.
Monday
The first Ugly Duckling learning activity is a roll and cover game featuring a swan and a cygnet or baby swan. Children will roll two dice and then cover the sum on the game board. It isn’t possible roll a one when you are practicing adding, but you can cover it when you subtract.
Tuesday
This set of Ugly Duckling Tracing Lines are a great way to work on fine motor skills. Children will connect the duckling to the swan as they trace from right to left.
Wednesday
Yes, today’s Ugly duckling activity is another tracing activity. This one features uppercase and lowercase letters. A wavy water-like chevron border and swan graphic are also on each tracing card.
Thursday
There are four different versions of the swan and the duck mats. They display a visual of the pattern block design and the shapes needed to build each design.
Friday
This set direct drawing pages features numbers and algorithms. The number two features the steps needed to draw a duck or maybe a cygnet.
More Bird Themed Activities
This slime themed duck activity is based on the book a Duck in a Truck.
This set of bird tangrams has a swan building mat and a duck.
Children will get build bird’s nests and explore shapes with this STEM challenge.
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