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Gingerbread Man Learning Activities and Worksheets

November 26, 2024 By Deirdre

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 activity. Each of 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.

Tuesday

Gingerbread Man Tens Frames can be used to explore a variety of math concepts. A number of basic skills like number recognition and counting can be introduced and reviewed using ten frames.

Wednesday

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

Thursday

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

Friday

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

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 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

November 25, 2024 By Deirdre

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 Calendar Download

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

Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape Mats

November 7, 2024 By Deirdre

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. Although you could have your children trace edges of the shapes with an 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. 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.

Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape Mats Download

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.

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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 to do a free exploration lesson or to do non-standard measurement activities.
The mats can be filled with objects that are that shape or be taken 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

November 5, 2024 By Deirdre

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 Set Download

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 Jack and the Beanstalk.
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 Jack with his mom to the first object mentioned in the book (a bean) 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.

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More Gameboard Sets

Ladybug File Folder Games

Halloween Roll and Cover Math File Folder Games

Free Halloween Learning Sets

October 24, 2024 By Deirdre

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.

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

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

Free Halloween Learning Sets

Halloween STEM Challenges Building Ma ts 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

October 2, 2024 By Deirdre

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.

More Fairy Tale Activities

Fairy Tale Shape Castle Building Mats

Three Pigs Blockly Blocks Worksheet Activity

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

Even and Odd Number Beanstalks

September 5, 2024 By Deirdre

This Jack and the Beanstalk activity focuses on even and odd number beanstalks. Bean cards that feature numerals and number words come with the set. After selecting a few numeral or number word cards, children will place them on the even number or odd number beanstalk.

The set contains gameboards and number cards in color. You could print the cards out in grayscale if you like.

Getting the Even and Odd Number Beanstalks Game

First, you will need to download it.

Even and Odd Number Beanstalk Game Download

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 coloring page, you gather crayons for your children to color their pages.

Getting the Beanstalk Game Elements Ready to Use

Making the Game Elements 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.

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

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

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

Deciding on Bean Card Sets

The even and odd number beanstalk set comes with numerals or number cards. There is also a number word set of numbers. One set of cards can be focused on while playing the game or both sets can be used. It is really up to you to decide which cards you want to use.

Ways to Use the Beanstalk Game

Children can sort the number onto the correct stalk in a center. Two children working together will be helpful. They will correct each other if they put the numbers on the wrong stalk.
Children can work on their own. They will probably need a chart reminding them of what numbers are even and what numbers are odd.
The game can be printed out on a poster printer. The large game board can be used as a whole group activity. Children can take turns placing a number on the correct beanstalk.

More Gameboards

Ladybug File Folder Games

Halloween Roll and Cover Math File Folder Games

Jack and the Beanstalk Pattern Strips

September 4, 2024 By Deirdre

A variety of story elements from Jack and the Beanstalk appear on the pattern strips in this set. When you look over the pictures on the strips will find beanstalks, castles, golden eggs and so much more. Children will be asked to place objects of their choice in the same pattern displayed on the card.

Getting the Jack and the Beanstalk Pattern Strips

First, you will need to download the set.

Jack and the Beanstalk 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 Jack and Beanstalk 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 over and over again.

Buttons
Small Pebbles
Color Beads
Unfix Cubes
Pom-Poms

Exploring the Jack and the Beanstalk 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 features 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 where ever 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.

Teddy Bear Patterns looks at making basic patterns such a skip counting. I think children will love the rhymes in this book.

More Patterning Activities

Election Day Patterning Cards

Ghost Patterning Strips

Rocket Ship Skip Counting Strips

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

August 28, 2024 By Deirdre

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities will be fun to explore. Starting September 2nd a new Jack and the Beanstalk math activity will be shared right here on JDaniel4’s Mom. A new activity will be posted for five days. The blog 3 Dinosaurs will also be sharing Jack and the Beanstalk activities. You will definitely want to take a moment to check theirs out.

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities and More

The Jack and the Beanstalk activities for both blogs will be linked below the day that it is post.

Monday

The Jack and the Beanstalk Themed Number Counting Gameboards invite children to connect numbers and events in the correct order. There are six gameboards in this set of B/W boards. Your children can color their pages if they like.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a wonderful ABC-themed mini book. This will be fun to explore with your children. I love the letter tracing portion of this little book.

Tuesday

Jack and the Beanstalk Number Puzzles for Kids offer children opportunities to explore number patterns and sequences. Children will explore the numbers from 1-10 by counting up and counting down. Skip counting by 2’s and 5’s puzzles are also in the set.

Coin counting can be challenging. This set of Jack and the Beanstalk Coin Counting Pages from 3 Dinosaurs walks children through how to count coins.

Wednesday

Various story elements from Jack and the Beanstalk appear on the pattern strips in this set. When you look over the pictures on the strips, you will find beanstalks, castles, golden eggs and so much more. Children place objects of their choice in the same pattern on the card.

What fun it will be to explore these fraction puzzles from 3 Dinosaurs. The beanstalk visuals will help your children see what each fraction looks like.

Thursday

This Jack and the Beanstalk activity focuses on even and odd numbers. The set includes bean cards featuring numerals and number words. After selecting a few numeral or number word cards, children will need to place them on the even-number or odd-number beanstalk.

Measure the Beanstalk set from 3 Dinosaurs is a fun way to measure. Children will use unfix cubes to measure each beanstalk.

Friday

The Jack and the Beanstalk Muffin Counting set explores a number of themes from the story available in this set. 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.

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

Counting to ten is also explored in this fun ten-frame activity from 3 Dinosaurs.

My Favorite Versions of Jack and the Beanstalk

Below is a selection of my favorite Jack and the Beanstalk versions.

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Trust Me, Jack’s Beanstalk Stinks! tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk from the giant’s perspective.

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk features baked beans and a friendly giant who likes to cook.

It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk lets Jack tell his own story rather than a narrator.

This version of Jack and the Beanstalk has a southwestern theme and has fun twist.

More Fairy Tale Activities

Fairy Tale Shape Castle Building Mats

Three Pigs Blockly Blocks Worksheet Activity

Going on a Bike Ride Algorithm Game Boards

June 26, 2024 By Deirdre

Going on a Bike Ride Algorithm Game Boards ask children to create a path with arrows that will take them from the word Start to the word End. The set features black and white along with colored versions of the game boards. It also includes answer keys for each of the pages. Although the answer keys only share one way to complete the path. There are several ways that paths can be created on them.

Getting the Going on a Bike Ride Algorithm Game Boards Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Going on a Bike Ride Algorithm Game Boards Download

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.

Getting Ready to Use the Counting Seeds Algorithm Game Boards

Making the Game Boards Reusable

If you plan on using the game boards 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)

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

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

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

Exploring the Game Boards

You will find that some of the game boards offer many ways for your children to complete the game boards. Here is how you could introduce your children to the game boards.

First, you can work through a part of a game board with your children. It will help them understand how to place the arrows in the boxes. Remember that the arrows they draw or the printed arrows should point in the direction they need to go to connect to the next step. They need to begin at the word Start and finish in the box that will lead them to the End box.
Second, children can work with a partner to complete the gameboard. They can take turns placing the arrows in the squares.