Three Little Pigs Sequencing – Printable Story Cards

Does your child understand “what comes first” things? These Three Little Pigs Sequencing – Printable Story Cards are fun and educational. Paired with the classic 3 Little Pigs Story, these free printables will help your preschooler understand sequencing. Simplify “what comes first” understanding in a fun way!

Using the ever popular, 3 little pigs, help your child learn about story sequencing.

Simply click the image above to get your free printable!

Then What Happened?

I simply LOVE it when my little Chipmunk (age 2) tells a story.  She has just recently started sharing her dreams each morning.

Every one starts out with, “It was a sparkly day”.  After the classic introduction, I get a lot of strange details with the phrase “and THEN” thrown in about 100 times.

Story Sequencing is a crucial skill for education and kids are already built for it!  They love listening to stories and they usually love telling them back to you.

You may remember the Three Little Pigs obsession our house endured a few months ago.  After reading several versions of this story for weeks, Chipmunk was a regular pro at retelling the story.

Kelli was kind enough to make us some great three little pigs sequencing cards printable activities to go along with the story, but at the time, we didn’t end up using them.

So, we’ll be having an encore performance of Three Little Pigs, so I can use the wonderful resources Kelli provided!   Let’s get started!

Project #1: What Happened Next?

Supplies:

• Three Little Pigs Timeline Printable and Scissors

What To Do:

After reading through a Three Little Pigs Book (or you could just tell the story from your own memory), tell your child that you’re going to work together to retell the story.

Lay out the pieces from the timeline (cut apart) and ask your child if they can find the very first piece.

Retell the story, piece by piece as you go along, always asking your child “What Happened Next?”

Continue practicing like this until your child can select all the pieces and retell the story all by herself!

Laying out the cards

She caught on right away and wanted to play this “game” over and over!

Three Little Pigs Sequencing, Project #2: Pig Puppets

Supplies:

• Three Little Pig Finger Puppet Printables
• Scissors
• Popsicle Sticks

What You Do:

Role playing is a great way to retell the story.

Have your child select one of the characters to play, and you take up the supporting cast.  If you have a house full of kids like we do, each kid can play a part.

Start the story and tell it from the beginning to the end, pointing to each character as they come onto the scene – this is a great way to work on Three Little Pigs Sequencing!

After you’ve had one run-through, have the kids take the primary role in telling the story.  Start it out with “Once upon a time, there were three pig brothers” and then ask the “What happened next?” question.

Allow the children to fill in some details.  You might want to add a part or two yourself and then proceed with the story.

Pretty soon, you can fun through the whole story using only “puppet dialogue” and skip the narration!

Coloring our little pigs!

Enjoy!

More Sequencing Resources:

Pocket Chart Card Set: Story Sequencing

Early Learning Center Kit:  4-Step Sequencing

Carson-Dellosa Learning to Sequence: 4-Scene Educational Board Game

More Three Little Pigs Resources:

I love this printable 3 Little Pigs playset from Fun with Mama

This 3 Little Pigs Word Find is a fun way to help your children work on reading and letter recognition

Your kids can improve scissor skills with this 3 Little Pigs Cutting Practice worksheet

About the Author:

Lindsey Whitney is a blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry.  A blog designed to help parents, teachers, and Children’s Ministry workers who want to help the kids they love grow in their faith.   You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook.