Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Sensory Retelling Activity

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.

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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

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.

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.

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

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Gross Motor  ::  3 Dinosaurs

LEGO Norwegian Flag  ::  Mama Miss

Build a Trap for Dinosaurs  ::  Inspiration Laboratories

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