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Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as a elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay at home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her 5 year old are exploring learning, crafting, creating healthy meals and living life to its fullest. Deirdre can also be found on twitter as @jdaniel4smom and on her blog's FB page. You can also check her out on Google+.

Little Red Hen Learning Activities and Worksheets

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The Little Red Hen is a wonderful to book to read to children. It explores the themes of cooperation, teamwork, perseverance, and hard work. Sequencing is also explored in this story. Beginning November 4th a series of five Little Red Hen learning activities and worksheets will be shared here on JDaniel4’s Mom will also explore sequencing.

A fellow blog called 3 Dinosaurs will also be taking part in this series November 4th- 8th Little Red Hen Learning Activities and Worksheets. Each of the sets will be linked below.

Below you will find some traditional and modern versions of the Little Red Hen. Reading one or all of them before starting any of the sets in this series will help your children build background and bring understanding to the activities characters.

This is the traditional version of the Little Red Hen.

Ruby wants to build a little red fort and would really like her friends to help in this version of the story.

Manana Iguana tells the tale of an iguana who needs help playing a fiesta. It will be fun to read how the party comes together.

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza shows how friends may not help at the beginning, but can find ways to help at the end.

Little Red Hen Learning Activities and Worksheets

Monday

The Little Red Hen Cup Stacking set features 32 cup stacking challenges. The cards feature right side up little red hens for cups that need to be faced up. Red hens upside down represent cup that are upside down.

Little Red Hen Easy Reader Book with Tracing Printable is a simple easy-reader book that involves tracing words and reading a sentence about each word. All the words are themes from the Little Red Hen Story.

Tuesday

This Little Red Hen themed number counting set features events from the traditional version of the book. Children are invited to use arrows to connect the events in order. The set could also be used to introduce algorithms. After all an algorithm is a series of steps.

Free Little Ren Hen Shape Tracing Printable with 9 shapes for kids to trace with a wheat and little red hen theme. Only one shape on each page - 3Dinosaurs.com

Little Ren Hen Shape Tracing Printable has 9 shapes for kids to trace. Kids can trace the shape and color of the wheat and little red hen.

Wednesday

When they complete these puzzles, children will explore number sequencing and skip counting. Each puzzle has B/W and color versions.

Thursday

Children can use cubes or buttons to decorate the edges of each of the displayed shapes. This is a fun way to introduce your children to a variety of shapes.

Friday

The Little Red Hen Tens Frames Activity features themed tens frames and B/W and Color counting objects. Children can use the printable counting objects or any counting object you have on hand.

More Fairy Tale Learning Collections

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Activities



Free Halloween Learning Sets

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These collections of free Halloween learning sets will be fun to explore with your children. They represent math, science, and STEM activities. Most of them are ready to use as soon as you down load them.

Some of the activities are reusable. If you plan to use them again you may want to laminate them. Below you will find the supplies I use to make activities ready to use again.

The links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My Amazon Picks

PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)

Free Halloween Learning Sets

Halloween STEM Challenges Building Mats offer children the chance to build or decorate on Halloween objects or animals.

What fun it will be to recreate the Halloween object displayed on each mat! Each mat displays just what pattern blocks will be needed to build.

Learning to use Blockly blocks while identify numerals is accomplished when you explore these code and color pages.

This Halloween Peeps Candy Ghost Experiment has its own recording sheet. Children will be surprises at what happen to the ghosts as they sit in each of the liquids.

It will be fun to connect the letters displayed on each algorithm page to create Halloween words. This set of Halloween Words on Algorithm Game Boards will also them how to build a coding algorithm.

This algorithm build set features fun and funky Halloween number creatures. Number sequencing and building an algorithm are the focuses of this set.

Children can work on number recognition, addition and subtraction facts while exploring these Halloween-themed roll and cover mats.

What fun it will be to explore cup stacking with this set of ghost theme challenge cards!

By placing these pumpkin numbers in a muffin tin the objects you use to match each number won’t roll out.

This cup stacking set features coffee cups with spiders. It would be fun to explore in the days leading up to Halloween.

It will be fun to use candy corn or another candy to display objects in each number frame.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Cup Stacking Cards

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This set of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Cup Stacking Cards is fun to explore and a fun way to introduce children to cup stacking. Other sets, featuring more elaborate cup stacks, are available on my blog and in my TPT shop.

The stacks displayed on this set of cards are very simple. The set was designed to be used with young children or children who appreciate smaller rather than elaborate stacks. Once children have mastered these, they may want to create elaborate stacks.

Getting the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Cup Stacking Cards

First, you will need to download the set.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Cup Stacking CardsDownload

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The set is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you will need to go to your download file and open the page.  You may be asked if you want the file to open after downloading it. If you are, you won’t have to hunt for it in your download file.

Finally, when you open the cards and decide which ones you want to print.

Getting the Cards Ready to Use

If you plan on using the cards over and over again, you may want to laminate them. Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

The links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My Amazon Picks

Scotch Brand PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)

Exploring the Three Bears Cup Stacking Cards

While most children will look at the upside-down character or object and know it means the cup is upside down, others may be confused. You may need to have your children explain what the pictures are telling them to do with the cups on a card or two. Once they understand what the pictures are telling them to do, they will be able to complete cards on their own.

If they end up building structures that are the opposite of the card, you can decide if you want to correct them. It may be important to you that you build it just like the card. It may be important that they just practice cup stacking.

Ghostly Cup Stacking Challenge Cards

Fire Hydrant Stacking STEM Challenge Cards (These are for sale on my TPT shop.)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Puzzles

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This set of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Puzzles offers three versions of every puzzle. One version is in black and white. The other versions are in color. One of those is a more detailed picture while the other has lots going on in the picture.

The puzzles focus on the following:

  • Counting 1 to 10
  • Counting back from 10 to 1.
  • Going from 10 to 100 by tens.
  • Skip Counting by 5’s
  • Skip Counting by 2’s

Getting the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Puzzles

First, you will need to download the set.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears PuzzlesDownload

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The set is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. 

Making the Puzzles Reusable

If you plan on using the puzzles over and over again, you may want to laminate them. Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

The links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My Amazon Picks

Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)AllAds by Amazon

Deciding on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Puzzles to Use

The color versions of the puzzles are ready to use right after printing and laminating them. The black-and-white version will need to be colored. They could be colored by you or your children. Because the coloring isn’t done by the printer, they will be less expensive to print.

The reason there are two color versions is that some children don’t like detailed pictures. They prefer them to be less cluttered. Realizing that would be a need for some children I included a simple and more detailed puzzle.

More Number Puzzles

Community Helper Vehicle Counting Puzzles - Garbage Truck Puzzle

Recycling Truck Number Puzzles

Number Puzzles with Dinosaurs for Kids

Number Puzzles with Dinosaurs

Monster Number Recognition Puzzles

Monster Number Recognition Puzzles

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Recognition Puzzles

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Each puzzle in this set of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Recognition puzzles has three pieces. One piece displays a numeral. The second piece displays objects that are that number. The third piece displays ten frames with circle filling the featured number in its spaces.

There are black and white and color versions of each of the puzzles. The black and white version could be colored by your children after they are printed. It will really be up to you.

Getting the Goldilocks and Three Bears Number Recognition Puzzles

First, you will need to download the set.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number PuzzlesDownload

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The set is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you need to go to your download file and open the page. 

Getting the Number Puzzles Ready to Use

If you plan on using the puzzles again, you may want to laminate them. Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

The links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My Amazon Picks

PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)

More Puzzles to Explore

Basketball Number Recognition Puzzles

Star Number Recognition Puzzles

Election Day Number Puzzles

Baseball Addition Fact Puzzles

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity features coin counting cards. Each card displays a sentence describing what will be purchased. It also displays the object and a price tag. Children will be asked to place a collection of coins onto the card that equals that amount.

The cards are not self-checking. A display of coins that could be used is not displayed on the back of the card or an answer page. Why? That will be more than one combination of coins that could be used to purchase that item. Due to that fact working with an adult or another child would be beneficial.  They will be able to recount the coins and make sure that they equal the required amount.

Getting the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity

First, you will need to download the PDF set.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money ActivityDownload

Next, you will need to open the set. It should appear in your Download folder as an Acrobat Reader file.

Finally, it will be important to decide which of the money cards you want to print out.

If you don’t want to print the cards out in color, you could print them out in grayscale or black and white. Some of the details may be harder to see in grayscale or black and white.

Making the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity Reusable

Printing in color can get expensive. Taking the time to cover and laminate items will help them last.  Below you will find the laminating materials I recommend.

The links below are affiliate links.

My Amazon Picks

PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)

Recommended Play Coins for the Activity

There are several different kinds of bear counters on the market. Below you will find some that I have used and think will be good for this activity.

The links below are affiliate links.

Collections of Play Coins

Jar of Coins

How to Explore the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity

Discussing the Coins

Sometimes children don’t remember what each coin is worth. It would be helpful to discuss each of the coins that they will use and how much it is worth.

Things to Discuss

  • Size of the Coin
  • Objects and words displayed on the front of the coin
  • Objects and words are displayed on the back of the coin.
  • Clues on the coin that tell its value or worth

Discussing the Money Card

Going over what each card says in words and numbers will be important. If your children are not strong readers, you can read the words on the card to them.

Some children may not need to have the coins and tasks explained to them. They may be able to identify the coins needed and place them on the cards. Checking their work will still be important. Reassuring them that they have done it well or need to double-check their work is really important. They can check them with an adult or another child.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Patterning Strips

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This free set of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Pattern Strips features characters and objects for the story. The set features colored strips rather than black and white. They will be great in a math center to review simple patterns. It would be great fun to use colored bear counters to copy the patterns on the cards. More information on different types of counting bears is listed below.

Getting the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Patterning Strips

First, you will need to download the PDF set.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Patterning StripsDownload

Next, you will need to open the set. It should appear in your Download folder as an Acrobat Reader file.

Finally, it will be important to decide which of the pattern strip pages you want to print out.

If you don’t want to print the strips out in color, you could print them out in grayscale or black and white. Some of the details may be harder to see in grayscale or black and white.

Making the Pattern Strips Reusable

Printing in color can get expensive. Taking the time to cover and laminate items will help them last.  Below you will find the laminating materials I recommend.

The links below are affiliate links.

My Amazon Picks

PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)

Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)

Recommended Bear Counters

There are several different kinds of bear counters on the market. Below you will find some that I have used and think will be good for this activity.

The links below are affiliate links.

120 Plastic Bears

Non-Primary Color Bears in a Bag

How to Explore the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Pattern Strips

Sometimes children don’t notice a pattern right away. It would be helpful to discuss the pattern that appears on each strip first. Once your children have gone over the patterns on each card you want them to work on, they can work on their own.

Some children may not need to have the patterns explained to them. They may be able to identify the patterns and replicate them on their own. It will still be important to check on their work. Reassuring them that they have done it well or need to double-check their work is really important. If you can’t be with them when they work on the strips, maybe they could work with a partner.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Learning Pages

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears is such a fun story to explore. There are a number of versions of the tale available to read with your children. (Some great version are share below in the building background section.) This series of Goldilocks and the Three Bears learning pages focus on the traditional version of the tale. The series will begin the 7th of October.

Concepts Explored in the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Series

Most of the sets in this series focus on math concepts. Number sequencing, number recognition, skip counting and patterning each have a FREE set in this series. The final set in the series features STEAM cup stacking challenge cards.

Building Background

Below you will find some traditional and modern versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Reading one or all of them before starting any of the sets in this series will help your children build background and bring understanding to the activities characters.

The links below are affiliate links.

This is a traditional version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It has warm and fun pictures in it.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs tells the tale of dinosaurs that seem to be aware of the fact an intruder may visit their home.

Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians takes place in a library. It explores finding a book that is the right fit.

This tundra-themed version of Goldilocks features an igloo, snow boots and a dog sled. The Three Snow Bears is a fun way explore an Arctic habitat.

Professor Goose travels into the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to fact check the events in the story.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Learning Pages

A new activity will be posted for five days. The blog 3 Dinosaurs will also be sharing Goldilocks and the Three Bears activities. You will definitely want to take a moment to check theirs out.

Monday

This set of strips from JDaniel4’s Mom features pattern strips featuring Goldilocks, the three bears, and objects from the traditional story.

This easy reader is a great way to explore the characters and objects from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thanks 3 Dinosaurs!

Tuesday

The Goldilocks and the Three Bears Money Activity asks children figure out what coins they need to purchase an item from the story. Each task card features an items and how much it costs.

3 Dinosaurs has created a fun way to explore numbers! I love this sorting activity.

Wednesday

Each recognition puzzle has three pieces. The first piece displays a number. The second piece displays an object or character from the book. The final piece shows the ten frames displaying counters with the same number as the numeral.

This easy-reading book is a fun way for young readers to learn about the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Thursday

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Number Puzzles explore counting from 1 to 10, skip counting, and counting down from 10 to 1.

Free Goldilocks & Three Bears Ten & Ones Printable - two sets of cards with two digit numbers on them with a matching worksheet for each cards set to color the numbers. - 3Dinosaurs.com

Goldilocks & Three Bears Ten & Ones Place Value Printables has cards with numbers with tens and ones.

Friday

Cup stacking is so much fun. This set of Goldilocks and the Three Bears challenge cards features characters and objects from the story. If the cards are upside down, the cup is upside down. If the objects and characters are faced up, the cup is right side up.

Free Goldilocks & Three Bears Prewriting Strip Printables - 10 prewriting strips with Goldilocks nad different parts of the story. You have tick dashed lines for kids to trace- 3Dinosaurs.com

Goldilocks & Three Bears Prewriting Strip Printables has 10 prewriting strips with thick dashed lines that can be used with the story. There are fine for fine motor centers.

More Fairy Tale Activities

Fairy Tale Shape Castle Building Mats

Offline Code Academy -Three Pigs Blockly Blocks Worksheet Activity

Three Pigs Blockly Blocks Worksheet Activity

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

October 2024 STEAM Calendar of Activities

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October is filled to the brim with fun holidays to celebrate. The October 2024 STEAM Calendar of Activities celebrates a number of them. You will find a few activities that are not holiday related on the calendar. They will fun to explore too.

Getting October 2024 STEAM Calendar of Activities

First, you will need to download the calendar.

October 2024 STEAM Calendar of ActivitiesDownload

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The calendar is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you will need to go to your download file and open the page.  You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. If you are, you won’t have to hunt for it in your download file.

Finally, when you open the calendar you will find hyperlinked activities. When you click on them, you will be taken to each of the activity’s locations on the web.

Here are the October Holidays Celebrated

  • October 1st
    Frugal Fun Day
  • October 2nd
    World Farm Animals Day
  • October 3rd
    World Architecture Day
  • October 4th
    World Habitat Day
  • October 5th
    Astronomy Day
  • October 6th
    National Noodle Day
  • October 7th
    Kids Music Day
  • October 8th
    I Love Yarn Day
  • October 9th
    Fire Prevention Day
  • October 12th
    National Farmers Day
  • October 13th
    International Top Spinning Day
  • October 14th
    World Egg Day
  • October 15th
    Global Handwashing Day
  • October 16th
    World Allergy Awareness Day
  • October 17th
    National Pasta Day
  • October 19th
    World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
  • October 21st
    National Apple Day
  • October 26th
    National Pumpkin Day
  • October 27th
    Tell a Story Day
  • October 28th
    Plush Animal Lover’s Day
  • October 29th
    National Frankenstein Day
  • October 31st
    Halloween

Exploring the October 2023 STEAM Activity Calendar

You will be able to access the directions needed to explore each activity when you click on each of the October hyperlinks. After you get to each activity’s blog post, you will find a supply list and step-by-step activity directions.

Many of the activities offer free worksheets or recording sheets. You can use what they have for you to download or create your versions of the activities if you like. The idea is to inspire you to explore STEAM activities with your children. You know what they can handle and how they like to explore concepts and activities.

A variety of different types of STEAM activities have been included on the calendar. You may find that some are more appropriate for older children while others are great for children of all ages. I think that some of them could be done with a partner or parent. However, some of you may have children that want to complete them on their own.

More October Activities

Halloween STEM Challenge Mats

Halloween Words on Algorithm Game Boards Offline Coding Academy

Halloween Words on Algorithm Game Boards

Ghostly Cup Stacking STEM Challenge

Jack and the Beanstalk Muffin Tin Counting Set

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The Jack and the Beanstalk Muffin Tin Counting set explores several themes from the story. Each theme has a paper muffin tin and muffin tin counting circles in B/W and color. The set comes with a themed paper muffin tin as well as theme circles that can be put in an actual muffin tin.

Children can place each theme number circle on or in the muffin tin. They can use real objects instead.

Getting the Jack and the Beanstalk Muffin Tin Counting Set

First, you will need to download it.

Jack-and-the-Beanstalk-Muffin-Tin-CountingDownload

Then you will need to open the set with Acrobat Reader.

Next, you decide which coloring page you want your children to work on.

Once you have printed out the gameboards, you gather crayons for your children to color their pages.

Contents of the Muffin Tin Counting Set

Golden Goose Set Featuring

  • Geese Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Egg Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Printable Muffin Tins with Geese in B/W and Color
  • Cow Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Cow Spot Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Printable Muffin Tins with Cows in B/W and Color
  • Harp Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Music Notes in B/W
  • Printable Muffin Tins with Harps in B/W and Color
  • Beanstalk Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Bean Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Printable Muffin Tins with Beanstalk in B/W and Color
  • Coin Bag Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Gold Coin Numbers in B/W and Color
  • Printable Muffin Tins with Coin Bags in B/W and Color

How to Use the Jack and the Beanstalk Muffin Tin Set

Printable vs. Real Muffin Tin

While the set includes printable muffin tins for number matching or counting, you could use actual muffin tins. One of the benefits of using an actual muffin tin is that the objects you use for counting don’t move off the numbers. However, the printable muffin tins were included so you would not have to find muffin tins to use for this activity.

If you decide to use a real muffin tin, you will print out one of the number circle sets to place in the muffin tin. You decide if you want to use the color or B/W version of the set.

Counting Activity

Children will place the correct number of objects into or onto each of the muffin tin numbers displayed. Below you will find objects that could be used with each theme.

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Goose Themed Counting

Cow Themed Counting

Harp Themed Counting

Beanstalk Themed Counting

  • Bean Seeds or Dried Beams
  • Green Buttons

Coin Bag Themed Counting

Number Matching Activity

Children will need to place a numbered circle featuring objects of that number into or onto a muffin cup featuring that number. You can use the colored or B/W version in the muffin cups.

More Muffin Tin Activities

Scarecrow and Crows Muffin Tin Activity

Eggs and Nests Number Matching

Halloween Pumpkin Number Matching

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