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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Sensory Retelling Activity

May 2, 2016 • 6 Comments

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This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids team has come up with some super creative activities that correlate with Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems.  I’m sharing a hands-on button sensory activity for working on story retelling to build comprehension.

If you are new to Virtual Book Club for Kids here is a little background.  The Educators’ Spin On It, Toddler Approved and Rainy Day Mum have put together a wonderful line-up of great books to explore.  Talented bloggers share activities to compliment the books.  You are invited to try out as many of the ideas that you feel would be a good fit for your kids.

Help kids work on retelling a story to build comprehension after reading Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. This hands-on sensory activity is great for kids who need to move as they process.

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The Book:  Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs is a fun compliment to the traditional The Three Little Bears. The Three Dinosaurs have prepared the bait (aka chocolate pudding) and have gone for their “walk” while they wait for their prey (aka Goldilocks) to arrive.  It’s not long before Goldilocks stumbles across the house in the woods.  She is quite disappointed in the large size of chairs and beds.  Soon, she hears a loud noise and quickly realizes that she isn’t the bears house, but rather the dinosaurs.  Luckily for back doors, she makes a quick escape.

Sensory Retelling Activity

PREPARING THE SENSORY ACTIVITY

Materials Needed: plastic tray or jelly roll pan, traditional plain white shaving cream, brown food coloring

make a brown sensory tray

Squirt a mound of shaving cream onto a tray.  Add brown food coloring and mix.  Our brown coloring was too thick so we ended up mixing red and green liquid food coloring instead.  Smooth the mixture (aka chocolate pudding) on the tray.  Presto, you are ready to use your sensory tray for story retelling.

PLAYING WITH THE RETELLING ACTIVITY

After reading the story at least once, use the sensory tray while talking about the book.  Let the kids draw with their finger in the “pudding” as they recount the story.

drawing in a sensory tray

Have your child draw the bowls (three sizes) of chocolate pudding.  Review the words small, medium, and large.  Smooth over the shaving cream to erase.

The kids can then draw the house and Goldilocks arriving.

drawing a dinosaur

Continue retelling the story together as each scene is drawn.

Sensory trays are a wonderful hands-on way to work on story retellings!

Now it’s time to see more great activities that compliment the book.  

Ok, now go off and explore!

Dinosaur Books for Preschoolers

Dinosaur Alphabet Board Game  ::  Mom Inspired Life

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaur Bon Bons:: I Can Teach My Child

Hot Chocolate Pudding  ::  Sugar Spice and Glitter

Dinosaur Ice Egg Preschool Experiment  ::  Preschool Powol Packets

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Gross Motor  ::  3 Dinosaurs

LEGO Norwegian Flag  ::  Mama Miss

Build a Trap for Dinosaurs  ::  Inspiration Laboratories

Dinosaur Letters  ::  The Pleasantest Thing

How Many?  Questions for Dinosaur Math  ::  Rainy Day Mum

Dinosaur Shape Game for Kids :: The Educators’ Spin On It

Paper Plate Dinosaur Name Craft :: Toddler Approved

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Michelle says

    May 4, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    This is so cute. It is a fun way to encourage re telling the story. I’m looking forward to trying this and many of the other activities. We love this book in our house!!!

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      May 4, 2016 at 9:45 pm

      Thank you Michelle!

      Reply
  2. Rebekah Gienapp says

    May 4, 2016 at 6:13 am

    My son loves both dinosaurs and playing with shaving cream, so he’ll love this!

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      May 4, 2016 at 9:45 pm

      Enjoy Rebekah!

      Reply
  3. Cerys says

    May 3, 2016 at 3:14 am

    Love the idea of retelling the story in the “chocolate pudding” what a great idea.

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  4. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    May 2, 2016 at 9:28 am

    What a great way to retell the story! I love that it’s “chocolate pudding,” too.

    Reply

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