What Would Goldilocks Do?

MATERIALS

• Manipulatives that can be sorted by size, such as screws, doll furniture, cubes, paper clips
• Trays, baskets, or paper plates for sorting

Using a variety of manipulatives, set up and label trays so that children can sort materials by size.

• Label the trays as big things, medium-sized things, and little wee things.
• Encourage children to sort the items by size and to recall the items in the story that were big, medium, and little.

Observation: How do children approach the problem and sort by size?

Bear-O-Ramas

MATERIALS

• Clay
• The Three Bears
• Clay hammer
• Etching tools
• Rolling pin
• Plastic knives
• Cards
• Shoeboxes

Children can make bear dioramas by recreating a scene from the story using clay.

• Encourage children to form small groups and to select a scene from The Three Bears that they want to recreate.
• Give each group a shoebox, and encourage children to work together to make the objects.
• When the dioramas are finished, ask the children in each group to describe what is happening in the scene they have depicted. Write down responses on a card, and attach the card to their diorama.

Observation: Notice which scenes children choose and how they describe their dioramas.