Three Billy Goats Gruff Board Game for ESL and EYFS / Lower Primary

Do you need an easy, no-prep, yet FUN reading comprehension activity for your young students or EAL / ESL / ELL learners? This fun Three Billy Goats Gruff Board Game only requires printing and handing out - no dice are needed due to the built-in spinner. Students will be answering questions about the text, acting out some of the lines, learning to take turns, and having fun!

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

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.

Instructions:

1. Have your students read The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 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 paper clip

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.

All my resources are hands-on, open-ended, easy for teachers, and engaging for kids!

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!