The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Dramatic play with a classic story
Materials Required
- Create a bridge using objects around the home. This might be a line of chairs, a plank of wood, a step area outside etc.
- The story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff
Large pieces of material could be used to enhance the scene. Blue material for the water, green for the grass etc.
Play experience profile
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Ages:
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Min Playtime30 - 45 Minutes
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Skills
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Energy LevelActive play
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Messiness Rating
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EYLF Outcomes
Play Experience Preparation
Set up an area to perform the story with your childExperience Steps
- Read, listen, watch, or tell your child the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Assign roles. If it is just you and one child doing this experience assign one person to be the troll and one person to be the billy goats gruff - this person will change their voice and body language to transform into the different Billy Goats.
- Retell the story pausing for dialogue. Your child/children may need some prompts to jog their memory.
What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience
- Little, Middle/Medium, Big
- Who's that trip trapping over my bridge?
- Trotting
- trip, trap, trip, trap
Build on this...
- Create your own costumes
- Film your play to create your own movie
- Illustrate the story and create your own picture book
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This experience engages children in physically as they embody the characters to cross the bridge. You can continue to encourage your child's physical activity by moving to the next space like a billy goat.
EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators.
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The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF
- Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
- Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts
- Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
EYLF Principle
Principle 4: Respect for diversity. Children are born belonging to a culture, which is not only influenced by traditional practices, heritage and ancestral knowledge, but also by the experiences, values and beliefs of individual families and communities. Respecting diversity means within the curriculum valuing and reflecting the practices, values and beliefs of families.
EYLF Practice
Practice: Learning through play. Play can expand children’s thinking and enhance their desire to know and to learn. In these ways play can promote positive dispositions towards learning. Children’s immersion in their play illustrates how play enables them to simply enjoy being.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QzT1sq6kCY&ab_channel=Gigglebox
Read: https://worldstories.org.uk/reader/the-three-billy-goats-gruff/english/254
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