The Ugly Duckling Activities

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Total Pages: 93

Explore this  meaningful and engaging story with The Ugly Duckling Activities Pack for Preschool and Kindergarten. Perfect for a themed unit or as literacy and math center activities, this printable pack includes fun story retelling activities, hands-on math, fine motor and literacy activities plus a story book, writing pages and more. 

Description

The Ugly Duckling Activities Pack provides opportunities to develop important preschool and kindergarten skills in a fun way including sequencing, letter identification, counting to 10 and much more. Both color and black and white formats are included, where possible, to suit your individual printing needs.

What’s included in The Ugly Duckling Activities Pack?

Literacy Activities Include:

  • The Ugly Duckling Mini Story Book: An 18-page mini book retelling the story along with pictures.
  • Story Sequencing Strips: A 3-page activity where students cut the story strips and arrange in sequence to retell the story.
  • Story Sequencing with Pictures: Students order the 12 pictures in sequence to retell the story.
  • Do-A-Dot Letter Search: Students search for and dot the target letter on each page.
  • Writing Pages: Each page features dotted writing lines and a story-themed picture prompt.
  • Match the Word: Students match the picture to the vocabulary word on this worksheet.
  • 3-Part Cards: Featuring a range of story vocabulary and matching pictures.
  • 3-Part Fact Cards: Including facts on swans and ducks.
  • Story Map: A simple story map graphic organizer for students to record the parts of the story.
  • Alphabet Trace: Students trace uppercase and lowercase letters to practice letter formation.
  • All About…: Two vocabulary webs for students to record words to describe ducks and swans.
  • Color by Letter: A fun themed color by letter coloring page.
  • Characters, Settings and Sequencing: Three cut and paste worksheets for students to identify and sort the characters, settings and events from the story.

Math Activities Include:

  • Count the Objects: Students count and record how many they can find of each object.
  • Counting Puzzles: Fun picture skip counting puzzles including counting by 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s.
  • Cut & Paste Missing Numbers: Students cut and paste the missing numbers to count by 1s, 2s and 10s.
  • Size Sequencing Cards: Students order the pictures in order according to their size.
  • Count and Clip Cards: Students count the characters or objects and clip the correct number.
  • Picture Addition & Subtraction: Students solve the simple addition and subtraction problems using either the numbers or pictures.
  • Color by Number: A fun themed color by number coloring page.
  • Number Cards: Featuring both numerals and number words, these cards can be matched or used for different games.

Fine Motor Skills Activities Include:

  • Trace the Letters: Students trace the letters for each of the vocabulary words from The Ugly Duckling story
  • Trace the Lines: Students practice their fine motor skills by tracing the various lines on this worksheet.
  • Cutting Practice: Students use scissors to cut along the different lines.
  • Maze: Students help the ugly duckling find its mother by completing the maze.
  • Playdough Letters: Students roll little balls of playdough and place them along the outline of each of the letters.
  • Fingerprint Activity: Students use paint to dot their fingerprint on each spot on these activity cards
  • Do-A-Dot Pages: Students use a bingo or stamp marker to dot each spot on these letter and picture activity cards.

Other Themed Activities Include:

  • Picture Puzzles: 2- and 4-piece pictures puzzles featuring characters and objects from the story.
  • Color Matching Cards: Students match the same colored swans.
  • Coloring Activity: Students color each swan according to the color below it.
  • Patterning Worksheets: Including What Comes Next? and Complete the Pattern.
  • Dice Game: Students roll the story themed dice and represent the results on a graph.
  • Puppets: Attach each of these characters to paddle pop sticks for dramatic play and role playing experiences. 

 

The Ugly Duckling Activities Pack is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work during a unit on farm animals

⭐ As a math or literacy center activity while learning about fairy tales

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. letter formation

How to prepare The Ugly Duckling Activities Pack?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired. 

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Pencils / coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Bingo markers

✏️ Pegs

✏️ Paddle Pop sticks

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Paint

✏️ Playdough

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