Increase pupils' comprehension of the story by having them create story retelling pictures. Provide pupils with art supplies -- crayons, markers, colored pencils and construction paper, for example -- and encourage them to draw pictures that illustrate the main events that occurred in the story. For instance, children may draw pictures of Goldilocks going into the house, eating the porridge and sleeping in the beds. After pupils have drawn their pictures, invite them to share what they have drawn with their classmates. This project encourages deeper thinking about the story, fostering greater comprehension.
Have children create bear masks that they can use to perform the story. Offer pupils paper plates and craft materials, such as crayons, markers, construction paper and glue. Encourage children to decorate the paper plates so they resemble bear faces. To hold the masks to their faces, they can glue craft sticks to the bottom of the paper plates. Prompt children to use their masks to put on a performance to retell the story.
By the end of kindergarten, children are expected to have a firm understanding of the pre-math skill of sorting. Create a sorting project based on the story of the Three Bears to instill a greater understanding of this skill. Draw and cut out several images of small, medium-size and large bears on construction paper. Decorate some of the bears to look like the baby, some to look like the mama and some to look like the papa bear. Encourage children to sort the bears based on size and features.
Arranging items in size order -- small, medium and large -- is another math skill that pupils are expected to master by the end of kindergarten. Because three bears of different sizes appear in this story, you can easily use it to develop your pupils' understanding of size order. Print out and cut out images of small, medium-size and large bears. Discuss the sizes of the bears and invite children to arrange them from smallest to largest and from largest to smallest.