Goldilocks and the Three Bears Board Game for ESL or Lower Primary

Playing games is a fun way to help your students develop their reading comprehension, but it’s also a great Social Emotional Learning (SEL) activity which helps students learn to take turns, co-operate, be good winners and good losers (good sports). The questions on this fairy tale game board encourage students to practice their English reading and speaking skills while learning a whole lot of extra skills as well.

Do you need an easy, no-prep, yet FUN reading comprehension activity for your young students or EAL / ESL / ELL learners? This fun Goldilocks and the Three Bears Board Game only requires printing and handing out - no dice are needed, due to the built-in spinner. Don’t we all just hate trying to find enough dice for students to play games in class?

Students will be answering questions about the text, acting out some of the lines, learning to take turns, and having fun! This is prefect for ESL / ELL /EAL English Language Learners as well as Early Childhood / Early Years PreK, Kindergarten, and Grade One students.

Use the game as a centre, a reading comprehension activity or for listening comprehension, a fun extension for early finishers, as a way to get kids talking and working together, or as an activity to send home for families.

There’s a reason why fairy-tales and folktales are perennial favorites - they are great stories that kids love to read or listen to over and over again, and they teach important morals or life lessons.

Instructions:

1. Have your students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or you can read the book to them.
2. Print the gameboard in your chosen size and version.

I have included:

• full color,
• low-ink color
• black & white.

No more lost dice! How to use the spinner:

You will need:

• A pencil
• A paperclip

1. Put the point of the pencil inside the paper clip, on the centre of the spinner.
2. Hold the pencil with one hand and flick the paperclip with a finger of the other hand.
3. The paperclip will spin then point to a number. This is the number of spaces you move.

Your students will love this game!

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As a 23-year veteran International School IB PYP teacher, former PYP Co-ordinator and School Visit Team Member, I focus on creating resources that are hands-on, open-ended, inquiry-based, easy for teachers, and engaging for kids!