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Three Billy Goats Gruff Learning Activities

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This Three Billy Goat Gruff Muffin Tin set explores a number placed on circles featuring characters 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 and theme circles that can be put in an actual muffin tin.

Getting the Three Billy Goats Gruff Muffin Tin Counting Set

First, you will need to download it.

Three Billy Goats Gruff Muffin Tin Counting SetDownload

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.

How to Use the Three Billy Goats Gruff 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. 

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

Three Billy Goats Gruff and Troll Shape Mats

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Children will have fun exploring these Three Billy Goats Gruff and Troll Shape Mats. Whether you have children explore the perimeter or area of the shape, they will learn about each shape’s attributes when they build.

The shapes explored in this set are the following:

  • Square
  • Rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Parallelogram
  • Octagon
  • Hexagon
  • Trapezoid
  • Star
  • Pentagon

Getting Three Billy Goats Gruff and Troll Shape Mats

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.

Three Billy Goats Gruff and Troll Shape MatsDownload

Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set

  • 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.

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)

Exploring the Shapes Mats

There are several ways to explore the set of mats.

  • They can be used in a center or with a whole group.
  • Next, they can be used for free exploration lessons or non-standard measurement activities.
  • 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.

Exploring Shapes and Coloring with Penguin Mini Books

Geometric Shapes for Kids Snow Globe Puzzles

Geometric Shape Puzzles

Three Billy Goats Gruff Number Counting Game Boards

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This Three Billy Goats Gruff 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.

Each of the pages in the set is available in B/W and color. If you plan to use the pages as a worksheet, you will want to print them out in B/W. However, if you plan on using them as game boards over and over again printing them in color would make sense.

Getting Three Billy Goats Gruff Themed Counting Set

First, you will need to download it.

Three Billy Goats Gruff Number Themed Counting SetDownload

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.

How to Use the Three Billy Goats Gruff Themed Number Counting Gameboards

While there are many ways that you can use the gameboards, let me walk you through how I would use them with my students.

  • Begin by reading a traditional version of Three Billy Goats Gruff.
  • Give each of your children the version of the gameboard you want them to work on along with a pencil.
  • Before starting the sequencing activity, you can have your children color the objects on the page if you like.
  • Have the children connect the box containing the word Start and to the first event mentioned in the book with an arrow.
  • Continue connecting the events and numbers in order.
  • After box ten is reached, draw an arrow from box ten with the word End.

Getting the Gameboards Ready

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)

More Gameboard Sets

Ladybug File Folder Games

Halloween Roll and Cover Math File Folder Games

Three Billy Goats Gruff Number Counting Game Boards

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This set of Three Billy Goats Gruff number counting game boards is available in color and B/W. Children will roll a die or set of dice. Then they will cover the number that is on the die or that is the sum of the two dice. It is a great way to work on number recognition, addition and subtraction facts.

Getting the Three Billy Goats Gruff Game Boards

First, you download the set.

Three Billy Goats Gruff Game Board for Roll and CoverDownload

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. 

Reusable or One Time Use

The pages can be laminated so that they can be reused. If you want to use them like a worksheet, print them out and give them to your children.

Uncovered Roll and Cover Mats

The numbers on the uncovered mats can be covered with counters or X’s made with pencils. One way is permanent and the other option allows children to play with mats cover and cover again. You can use dot markers could also be used on the uncovered mats.

Covered or Laminated Roll and Cover Mats

Covered mats will also work with counters. If you don’t have or want to use it, the numbers could be marked with dry-erase markers. Your children can wipe off their marks with a dry-erase or wet cloth.

Making the Game Boards Reusable

If you use the pages 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)

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

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

Supplies Needed for the Three Billy Goats Gruff Game Boards

You will need objects to the numbers and some dice. Below you find suggestions for both.
The links below are affiliate links.

Dice

Six-Sided Colorful Dice

Large Foam Dice

Dice Poppers for Kids

Covers for Numbers

MathLink Cubes

Buttons

More Math Activities

Roll and Color Big Green Monster

Roll and Color Big Green Monster

Flower STEM Challenges- Build with Pattern Block Mats

Gingerbread Man Learning Activities and Worksheets

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These sets of Gingerbread Man learning activities and worksheets are part of a fairy tale learning sets. Previously The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk were shared. Please take a moment to look those sets over.

Along with the sets I will be sharing, the blog 3 Dinosaurs will be sharing sets of gingerbread man themed sets. Below I will be sharing the sets created both our blogs. The sets will be posted the first week in December.

Gingerbread Man Learning Activities and Worksheets

Monday

Children can work on number recognition and addition facts when they explore this set of roll-and-cover gingerbread man activities. Each star displays a number. The game board is available in B/W and color versions. It will be up to you to decide which version you want to use.

3 Dinosaurs has a wonderful set of number-counting pages with a gingerbread theme.

Tuesday

Gingerbread Man Tens Frames can be used to explore various math concepts. Basic skills like number recognition and counting can be introduced and reviewed using ten frames.

Great roll and cover gingerbread man activities are fun to explore with kids.

Wednesday

These Gingerbread Man Line Tracing pages will be fun to explore. It features gingerbread men who need to move across a line. Using a pencil, crayon, or marker to trace the gingerbread man’s path will be fun! The line could be traced with a candy cane or chopsticks.

The fun mini book from 3 Dinosaurs can be read and featured words can be traced.

Thursday

This Gingerbread Man Cup Stacking Cards set is fun to explore and a fun way to introduce children to cup stacking.

3 Dinosaurs has so many different ways for children to explore numbers with a gingerbread man.

Friday

This Gingerbread Snow Globe Counting Activity invites children to place small objects like pom poms on the circles inside a snow globe. The number of objects that need to be placed in the snow globe appears at the base of the snow globe.

Gingerbread Ending Blends Sorting: -ND, -NG, -NK &- NT includes four sorting mats with gingerbread men and four gumdrops to sort.

Building Background

Before you start exploring these gingerbread man-themed activities, you may want to read a gingerbread man-themed book or two to your children.

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The various traps in the book How to Catch a Gingerbread Man are super cool.

The Gingerbread Baby tells a story with its words and the pictures in its side panels.

It takes the help of several teachers at a school to help The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School find his missing class.

More Gingerbread Activities

Gingerbread Shape Craft

Gingerbread Man Finger Puppets -This set was created to go along with the Jim Aylesworth book. The first four puppets can be used with almost any version of the book.

Gingerbread Man Story Printable Finger Puppets

December 2024 STEAM Activities Calendar

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This December STEAM activity calendar is filled with December-themed activities.  The idea behind this calendar was to share with you a variety of STEAM activities that you can explore with your children this month. The activities can be done on their assigned day or several on one day if you like. It is really up to you.

You are going to find that some of the December STEAM activities are from right here on JDaniel4’s Mom. While the other activities come from some of them are my favorite blogs.  Most of the activities have to do with Christmas.  I have included one Hanukkah and a few New Year’s Eve STEAM activities on the calendar too.

Getting the December STEAM Activity Calendar

First, you will need to download the set.

December 2024 STEAM Activities CalendarDownload

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

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

Exploring the Activities on the Calendar

You will be able to access the directions needed to explore each activity when you click on each day’s hyperlink. After you get to each activity’s blog post, you will find a supply list and step-by-step activity directions. Some of the activities offer free printables or recording sheets. You can use what they have for you to download or create your versions of the activities if you like. Remember the idea was to inspire you to explore STEAM activities with your children. You know what they can handle and how they want to explore concepts and activities.

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 who want to complete them independently.

Featured Holidays

  • 1st National Handwashing Day
  • 3rd  Make a Gift Day
  • 4th  National Cookie Day
  • 6th St. Nicholas Day
  • 7th Letter Writing Day
  • 8th Christmas Tree Day
  • 9th National Christmas Card Day
  • 12th Gingerbread House Day
  • 13th Hot Chocolate Day
  • 15th National Cupcake Day
  • 16th National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
  • 17th Wright Brother’s Day
  • 18th National Wreath Across America Day
  • 19th National Hard Candy Day
  • 21st First Day of Winter
  • 25th Christmas
  • 26th Nation Candy Cane Day
  • 27th Make a Cut-Out Snowflake Day
  • 28th National Mason Jar Day
  • 31st New Year’s Eve

Exploring the December 2024 STEAM Activity Calendar

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

Some of the activities offer free printables or recording sheets. You can use what they have for you to download or create your versions of the activities if you like. Remember the idea was 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 Holiday Activities

Christmas Sweater Symmetry Challenge

12 Days of Christmas Gross Motor Activity Cards

12 Days of Christmas Gross Motor Activity

Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape Mats

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The Little Red Hen isn’t the only farm animal you can explore in this set of shape mats. Children will have a great time using math manipulatives to cover the edges or sides of each of the shapes. However, you could have your children trace the edges of the shapes with a washable marker if you laminated them.

The set only contains colored mats. However, you could print them out in grayscale if you didn’t want to use colored ink.

Getting The Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape Mats

This set is a PDF.   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.

Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape MatsDownload

Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set

  • 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.

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)

Exploring the Shapes Mats

There are several ways to explore the set of mats.

  • They can be used in a center or with a whole group.
  • Next, they can be used for free exploration lessons or non-standard measurement activities.
  • 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

Bird Shape Activity Pages

Exploring Shapes and Coloring with Penguin Mini Books

Geometric Shapes for Kids Snow Globe Puzzles

Geometric Shape Puzzles

Little Red Hen Themed Counting Set

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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.

Each of the pages in the set is available in B/W and color. If you plan to use the pages as a worksheet, you will want to print them out in B/W. However, if you plan on using them as game boards over and over again printing them in color would make sense.

Getting Little Red Hen Themed Counting Set

First, you will need to download it.

Little Red Hen-Themed Counting SetDownload

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.

How to Use the Little Red Hen-Themed Number Counting Gameboards

While there are many ways that you can use the gameboards, let me walk you through how I would use them with my students.

  • Begin by reading a traditional version of the Little Red Hen.
  • Give each of your children the version of the gameboard you want them to work on along with a pencil.
  • Before starting the sequencing activity, you can have your children color the objects on the page if you like.
  • Have the children connect the box containing the word Start to the first event mentioned in the book with an arrow.
  • Continue connecting the events and numbers in order.
  • After box ten is reached, draw an arrow from box ten with the word End.

Getting the Gameboards Ready

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)

More Gameboard Sets

Ladybug File Folder Games

Halloween Roll and Cover Math File Folder Games

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 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.

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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.

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Three Pigs Blockly Blocks Worksheet Activity

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

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