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The Three Billy Goats Gruff Sensory Activity Bin

August 26, 2013 • 12 Comments

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“Who’s that tripping over my bridge?”  I’ve been hearing that question over and over from my son after exploring The Three Billy Goats Gruff  story this month.  After reading the story, we came up with a creative sensory activity bin to compliment the book.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Story and Sensory Activity

3 billy goats gruff book

There are many illustrated versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  We found our favorite to be by Stephen Carpenter.  It’s a Harper Growing Tree book tailored to young readers.  In fact, this title was recommended for ages 2 1/2 and up (Perfect for us!).  The length was great for toddlers, but would also work for preschoolers and beginning readers.

Here’s a look at what we did next!

sensory activity for the The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Literacy Extension Activity:  Sensory Activity Bin to Extend the Story

We created a sensory activity bin to help with story retelling.  I really love this tool to help build comprehension and work on language development.

Our sensory activity bin included:

printouts of the goats and trolls acquired free from twinkl (Just type in Billy Goats Gruff in the search bar for lots of printable options.)

green Easter grass (Shredded green paper or real grass clippings would also work.)

crumpled brown paper bags

blue tissue paper river (Blue cellophane or wrapping paper would also work.)

artificial flowers (The book references Daisy flowers if you want to get exact!)

bridge (We borrowed one from our train set.)

troll (We made this with an old child’s sock stuffed with a paper lunch bag and decorated.)

That’s it.  Set it up and invite the kids to play!

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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. Lynn@littletrainbooks.com says

    September 12, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    I was inspired by your post to read this story to my 2 year old. Not sure it’s a favorite yet. He was very unsure about the trolls.

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  2. Jackie Higgins says

    September 4, 2013 at 6:24 am

    My boys LOVE that story. Maybe all that trip-tropping loudness fits well with the nature of a boy 🙂 After we read that tale, we took a hike a powder valley conservation center (in STL) because they have some bridges. The boys loved pretending to be the goats and the bridges there are low enough they could sometimes hop down and be the troll.
    I featured your sensory bin on mom’s library on Ready-Set-Read today.

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  3. The Growing Mum says

    September 2, 2013 at 4:46 am

    My daughter loves this book. I’m sure she would enjoy this sensory box. Thanks for this great idea!

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      September 2, 2013 at 2:22 pm

      I hope you have lots of fun with the sensory box!

      Reply
  4. Jill says

    September 1, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    What an amazing sensory bin to bring this classic storybook to life! This storybook has always been a favorite in our household since the kids were very young. When I would read the story my hubby would stomp upstairs and say the parts of the troll 🙂

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      September 1, 2013 at 1:13 pm

      Jill that is so neat!

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  5. Alicia says

    August 28, 2013 at 7:59 am

    What a great way to bring the book to life!

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  6. Sarah says

    August 28, 2013 at 6:51 am

    I love this bin. Books and bins are so much fun. Please come share today at my sensory play linky when you have time!
    http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/ultimate-wednesday-sensory-play-party-4/

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  7. Ashley says

    August 26, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    Cute bin!

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  8. Barbara Mojica says

    August 26, 2013 at 10:45 am

    I love The Three Billy Goats Gruff Sensory Bin. I used this book when I taught kindergarten. We made stick puppets to act it out, but your idea is so much better! Thanks for sharing.

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      August 26, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      Barbara, I love the use of puppets too. They are another great resource for doing retellings. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply

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