Three Little Pigs Board Game for ESL or EYFS

Do you need an easy, no-prep, yet FUN reading comprehension activity for your young students or EAL / ESL / ELL learners? This Three Little Pigs Board Game just 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!

Use the game as a centre, a reading comprehension activity, 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.

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 game board encourage students to practice their English reading and speaking skills as well.

There’s a reason why fairy-tales and folktales are perennial favorites - they are good stories with morals that help children learn important concepts for life. The Three Little Pigs teaches that effort pays off in the end (it was harder to build the brick house, but it kept the pig safe from the wolf, whereas the easier and quicker options, the straw and sticks, did not).

Instructions:

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

I have included:

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

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!