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Frog Prince Themed Tracing Lines

April 11, 2025 By Deirdre

Fine motor skills will be worked on as children work on the strips in this Frog Prince Themed Tracing Lines set. Children will have fun following each of the lines from right to left. The set offers line tracing pages in black and white or color.

Getting the Frog Prince Tracing Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Frog Prince Tracing Lines for Kids Download

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 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.

Making the Line Tracing Pages Reusable

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.

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Scotch 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)

Tracing Tools

Tools That Leave Marks

Pencils
Color Pencils
Washable Markers
Crayons
Paint Brushes with Watercolors

Tool That Don’t Leave Marks

Chopsticks with Pumpkin Seed
Feathers
Closed Pens
Dry Paintbrush

More Fine Motor Activities

Fine Motor Animal Tracing Pages

Slimed Themed Duck in a Truck Fine Motor Activity

Frog Prince Pattern Strips

April 10, 2025 By Deirdre

The Frog Prince pattern strips that explore shapes along with patterns. They invite your children to build patterns that match the displayed shapes or just the patterns on each strip. Later in this post there is a list of material that could be for patterning.

Getting the Frog Prince Pattern Strips

First, you will need to download the set.

Frog Prince Pattern Strips Download

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 Frog Prince Pattern Strips Ready to Use

If you plan on using the cards 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)

Pattern Objects You May Have Already

While you can use any objects you want for patterning, I have a few I tend to use.

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Shape Blocks
Shape Buttons
Small Pebbles
Color Beads
Unfix Cubes
Pom-Poms

Exploring the Frog Prince Patterning Cards

The patterning cards can be placed in a center along with the objects you want children to pattern with. However, some children will just try to match the object with an object that is the same color. That means they aren’t figuring out the pattern.

Before placing them in a center, it might be helpful to work on the patterning cards with the whole class or small groups of children. It will give both you and your student time to talk about how to find a pattern. After finding the patterns, they can talk with you about how the pattern repeats on each card.

Books About Patterning

Below you will find some of my favorite books that feature patterns. You may want to read one of them with your children before you start the patterning activity.

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Pitter Pattern is a wonderful story about Lulu and her friend’s search for patterns wherever they go.

Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers shares the tale of Bina’s journey to create pattern bracelets for her brothers.

Pattern Fish explore both simple and complex patterns on colorful ocean creatures.

More Patterning Activities

Election Day Patterning Cards

Ghost Patterning Strips

Rocket Ship Skip Counting Strips

Frog Prince Shape Building Activity

April 8, 2025 By Deirdre

The Frog Prince Shape Building Activity set can be used to explore the perimeter of each shape or its area. They can also be used to learn about shapes and their attributes in a math center. It will be up to you to decide just how you want to use them.

Getting the Frog Prince Shape Building Activity

This set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.

Frog Prince Shape Building Activity Download

Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set

The items below would be great to use to surround or fill a shape.

Buttons
Unifix Cubes
Glass Pebbles
Counting Bears
Craft Sticks
Beans
Plastic Soda Caps
Wooden Cubes

Getting the Shape Mats Ready

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.

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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)

Exploring the Shapes Mats

There are several ways to explore the set of mats.

This is great small group or center activity.
Children can explore them on their own. Then they can describe what they noticed about each shape.
The mats can be filled with objects that shape or take a shape scavenger hunt.
Finally, children can fill the shape or cover the outline.

More Shape Activities

Exploring Shapes and Coloring with Penguin Mini Books

Geometric Shapes for Kids Snow Globe Puzzles

Geometric Shape Puzzles

Frog Prince Themed Tens Frames

April 7, 2025 By Deirdre

These cute Frog Prince Themed Tens Frames Adding to Ten will be a great way to work on facts. Each frame mat displays the addition fact that will be explored on it. The set featured color frames, backgrounds, and royal frogs.

Getting the Frog Prince Themed Tens Frames

First, you will need to download the set.

Frog Prince Themed Tens Frames Adding to Ten Download

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

Making the Tens Frames Reusable

If you plan on using the cards 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)

Possible Counting Objects

cubes
bottle caps
counters
bread tags
pencil cap erasers

Using the Tens Frame

Below you will find several ways to use the tens frame. However, you may have ideas of your own. Feel free to them any way you like.

The frames can be worked on in a center with counting objects.
Working with a partner who will double-check your work is a good idea.
The teacher or adult helper can walk children step by step through adding and counting the counting objects.

More Tens Frames to Explore

Halloween Tens Frame Printables

Fall-Themed Free Ten Frame Addition Worksheets - This set of ten frame worksheets focuses on adding to ten.

Fall Tree Themed Ten Frame Addition Worksheets

Little Red Hen Themed Tens Frames

Frog Prince Themed Learning Activities

March 29, 2025 By Deirdre

Every month for the last seven months I have shared a set of five learning activities based on a fairy tale. This month’s fairy tale is The Frog Prince. The series of five Frog Prince-themed learning activities explores fine motor skills, shapes, patterns, and counting to ten.

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.

Frog Prince Themed Books to Read

Below you will find Frog Prince Themed Books to read to your children before exploring the activities.

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This version of the Frog Prince was written for young readers to read themselves.

The Frog Prince Continued looks at what life is like for a prince who has continued to live part of his life as a frog.

The version of the Frog Prince is written in rhyme.

Frog Prince 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

JDaniel4’s Mom has a fun way to work on addition facts. These cute Frog Prince Themed Tens Frames Adding to Ten will be a great way to work on facts.

The Frog Prince Easy Reader Book with Tracing Printable uses vocabulary from the Frog Prince story to allow kids to trace the words and then read them in a sentence.

Tuesday

A Frog Prince Shape Building Activity is what JDaniel4’s Mom has to share today. They can be used to explore the perimeter of each shape or its area.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a fun way to work on skip counting.

Wednesday

Color Feelings Filled Frog Princes with an Algorithm from JDaniel4’s Mom work on Blocky Block coding. The blocks invite children to color each feeling frog with assigned colors or their own.

Frog Price Number Counting Puzzle Printable is a great number printable with numbers 1 to 12. Kids can work on counting and matching numbers and building this fun puzzle.

Thursday

JDaniel4’s Mom has created pattern strips that explore shapes along with patterns. They invite your children to build patterns that match the displayed shapes or just the patterns on each strip.

3 Dinosaurs offers a fun way to work on the alphabet! This matching activity is also fun to explore.

Friday

Fine motor skills will be developed as children work on the strips in this Frog Prince-themed tracing Lines set from JDaniel4’s Mom.

More Frog Themed Activities

Gummy Frog Candy Experiment with Printables

Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Coloring Pages

A frog-themed coding page that focuses on the life cycle of a frog.

Little Red Riding Hood Coordinate Mapping

March 5, 2025 By Deirdre

This Little Red Riding Hood Coordinate Mapping set invites children to find coordinates on a map. They will also draw their versions of pictures on the map as they learn about coordinate mapping. You can decide which map you want your children to work on.

Wait! What if your children are not excited about drawing? You could assign each story character or element a shape. They can draw the shapes in the picture boxes or coding blocks that tell them what to draw.

Getting the Little Red Riding Hood Coordinate Maps

First, you will need to download the set.

Little Red Riding Hood Coordinate Maps Download

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.

Exploring the Little Red Riding Hood Mapping Coordinates

Deciding on the Page to Explore

It will be fun for students to use these maps as part of a fairy tale unit or a mapping unit. The first thing you need to do is decide which page you want your children. Younger children would probably do better with the pages with the fewest words. Although, you could read each line of more wordy pages to your children.

Non-Drawing Option

As was mentioned above you could assign each story character or element a shape. They can draw the shapes in the picture boxes or coding blocks that tell them what to draw. Then they can draw the shape onto the Little Red Riding Hood Map.

Building Background

It is possible your children aren’t familiar with the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Here are three different books that feature the traditional tale.

The illustrations in this Jerry Pinkney version of Little Red Riding Hood are just gorgeous!

This version of Red Riding Hood has been modernized a little, but it still tells that basic tale.

Children can hear or read the tale of Little Red Riding Hood in English and Spanish.

More Mapping Activities

Frog Pond Mapping Activities

Valentine’s Day Quilting Activity

Leprechaun's Hiding Places - Coordinate Map Activity Set

Leprechaun Hiding Places Coordinate Activity

Little Red Riding Hood Number Puzzles

March 4, 2025 By Deirdre

Little Red Riding Hood Number Puzzles feature skip-counting number sets. Children can count by 1’s, 2’s, and 5’s. There is a black-and-white version of the puzzles your children can color. The color version of each puzzle could be laminated and placed in a learning center. Each of the puzzles features a scene and character from the story.

Getting the Little Red Riding Hood Number Puzzles

First, you will need to download the set.

Little Red Riding Hood Number Puzzles Download

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 Little Red Hen Number Puzzles to Use

The color versions of the puzzles are ready to use right after printing and laminating them. Children can color the black-and-white version. That will make each puzzle unique and cheaper to print.

More Number Puzzles

Recycling Truck Number Puzzles

Number Puzzles with Dinosaurs

Monster Number Recognition Puzzles

Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin Numbers

March 3, 2025 By Deirdre

The Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin numbers can be use to explore a number of math concepts. Number recognition and addition facts can both be worked on with this set. There are black and white as well as color versions of Little Red Riding Hood number circles. Children can roll dice and cover the sum or number that appears on them. They can work in pair or on their own.

Getting the Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin Numbers Pages

First, you download the set.

Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin Counting Download

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

Third, go to your download file and open the set.

Exploring the Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin Number Pages

Getting the Numbers Ready

You will print out one of the number circle sets to place in the muffin tin. You can decide whether to use the color or B/W versions of the set. If you choose to use the B/W versions, your children could color them for you.

If you plan to use the circles more than once, you should laminate them to make them last longer.

How to Use the Number Circles

Children will place the correct number of objects into or onto each of the muffin tin numbers displayed. Below you will find red objects that would be fun to use for this activity.
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More Muffin Tin Activities

Scarecrow and Crows Muffin Tin Activity

Eggs and Nests Number Matching

Halloween Pumpkin Number Matching

Little Red Riding Hood Learning Activities

February 27, 2025 By Deirdre

These Little Red Riding Hood learning activities are part of a series of fairy tale units. You will find them here and on 3 Dinosaurs blog. This series’ posts will be displayed below on the day they are posted. Please take the time to check all of them out.

Little Red Riding Hood Activities

Monday

The Little Red Riding Hood Muffin Tin Numbers can be used to explore several math concepts. This set can be used to work on number recognition and addition. There are black and white as well as color versions of Little Red Riding Hood number circles. Children can roll dice and cover the sum or number that appears on them. They can work in pairs or on their own.

This little reader from 3 Dinosaurs focuses on reading and fine motor skills.

Tuesday

Little Red Riding Hood Number Puzzles feature skip-counting number sets. They are available in black and white and color.

The black-and-white versions can be colored by your children. The pages can be used again by covering or laminating them.

3 Dinosaurs has created a fun way to work on number recognition.

Wednesday

This Little Red Riding Hood Coordinate Mapping set invites children to find coordinates on a map. They will also draw their versions of pictures on the map as they learn about coordinate mapping.

3 Dinosaurs has a fun way to explore shares and visual recognition.

Thursday

Little Red Riding Hood Tracing Lines gives children the chance to work on their fine motor skills. There are black and white lines and colored versions on them.

Little Red Riding Hood Alphabetical Order Puzzle Printable has three puzzles with putting the letters in order. 3 Dinosaur has come up with a great way to work on letter order with kids and have fun puzzles to use with the little red riding hood story.

Friday

This final set is a Little Riding Hood tens frame addition activity for you! It only has colored versions of the frames in the set.

Little Red Riding Hood Shape Woods Easy Reader Book is a fun shape book with 12 shapes for kids to color and read about. Plus it is a fun Little Red Riding Hood easy reader book for kids in kindergarten.

Activities from Other Fairy Tale Sets

Three Pigs Game Boards

Three Billy Goats Gruff Number Boards

Little Red Hen Tens Frame Activity

Three Little Pigs Tracing Strips

February 5, 2025 By Deirdre

While this Three Little Pigs Tracing Strips set features a single pig holding pencil it is still are wonderful part of this series. Each of the strips is available in B/W and color. They are a great way to work on fine motor skills.

It will be to use a pencil, crayon, or marker to trace the little pig’s dotted lines! The line could be traced with a pencil, crayon, or chopsticks.

Getting the Little Pigs Tracing Strips

First, you will need to download the set.

The Three Little Pigs Tracing Lines Download

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