I wrote last week about some of the things I have done with Daniel using the story of the three little pigs. As it went down so well with Daniel I wanted to look at the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. My crafting prompt this week is ‘wooden spoons’ and I was at a bit of a loss as to what to do. I have seen (on Pinterest!) wooden spoons turned into the characters from the Gruffalo so I thought it might be worth trying the same with the three bears…
I’m not claiming I will win any prizes BUT, Daniel knew they were supposed to be the bears and Goldilocks so job done! I visited the twinkl site to see if they had word mats (which they did) so armed with paper, ink and my laminator I set about creating the wordmat and the story board for Daniel.
He really enjoys ‘reading’ stories back to me, and yesterday he asked to go to his bedroom and he sat for a good 45 minutes reading his books. I love the story boards as it’s so child led – the story can be what they want, as long as it fits with the picture. It’s helping to develop his memory skills and language skills too plus it’s one of the few things he will do with Emma!
I haven’t yet had chance to use the wooden spoon puppets, that will be tomorrow morning before we head to playgroup. I plan to do a puppet show of sorts and then get Daniel to do some activities around size – big for daddy bear, medium for mummy bear and small for baby bear. I have different sized bowls, pictures of chairs and beds so we will be matching the bear to the item.
We will then sing and sign for the three bears song which Daniel loves, as does Emma. I have some colouring print outs from the twinkl site too to use with them both, if they want to.
Do you use books like this to create activities for your children? Which are your favourite ones to use?
That’s excellent Sarah. You have some brilliant ideas.
You should run a play group.
These are great! We will have to have a go at making them. x
EnJoyed reading your blog, those spoons are a good idea!
Thank you for the blog post! Absolutely love the spoons. I know if I tried to make something like that they would look nowhere near as good 🙂
spot on is that Sarah
It’s amazing how much you can do with simple wooden spoons! x
They look absolutely fab! I adore them, well done, you’ve done a great job.
I’m sure that Daniel will love them.
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thank you xx
They look great! My daughter’s doing Goldilocks in Reception this term, so will have a play around with this 🙂 #LetKidsBeKids
Great idea. The wooden spoons look fab, I’m sure they will be a big hit.
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That’s a fabulous idea – those wooden spoons look great and love the word mat too. Might have to try this with my eldest at some stage 🙂
Great Louise – would love to see how you get on if you do try it out x
That’s a lovely idea. These classic stories are so awesome to share with toddlers and this is a super way of enjoying the story.
thank you – we love the classic books like this x
Love this idea and I know my little ones would as well. Not sure I could get them to look as good as yours though!
I am sure you could Clare! x
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Awesome idea. Love the spoons x
thank you x
What a fabulous idea. Never been so crelative.
We get a story sack from nursery once every half term. This week we got the three Billy goats gruff. Inside there is a book, three goats and the troll and 4yo and 5yo have loved acted out the story.
awww, how lovely. Billy goats Gruff is on my list with Daniel too. Lots that can be done with that story, especially the drama side of things x
Wow these are great. I have no artistic skill at all. My kids have no idea what I have drawn. I end up writing! These look fab. Thanks for linking. #sundaystars
This is a great idea! This would work well with some other stories too, like Three little pigs or red riding hood.
That looks great! They definitely look like the story character! 🙂 xx
thank you x
What a nice idea. Can’t wait to try this when we read the book next 🙂
These puppets are great. We made a story sack using the Goldilocks story. Storysacks are another great way of extending a child’s experience of a story https://storysnug.com/2015/07/storysacks/
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thanks for the info – I really do need to make a story sack up for my two x
love this, such fun ideas, thanks so much for sharing with #readwithme x
thank you x
This is such a lovely idea x #readwithme
thank you x
Great creative ideas. Saw mini wooden spoons in Sainsburys last week at 4 for 40p if anyone wants to follow Sarah’s activity #readwithme
thanks for sharing the above – I’ll have to have a look in Sainsburys! x