Little Red Riding Hood - EYFS/Early Years activities, Displays and ideas

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❤️🐺‘Little Red Riding Hood’ related Theme & Activity Ideas by age (🥚0-3/🐣3-5/🐤5-7 years)

(Note: Ideas by age and stage below are merely a guideline. Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given.)

Possible Theme/Topic Titles

🥚Ages 0–3 Years (simple, sensory-focused titles with familiar elements)

- Red’s Basket - Into the Woods - Teddy and the Forest - Where’s Grandma? - Red’s Little Cape

🐣Ages 3–5 Years (engaging, story-rich themes that encourage role play and retelling)

- Little Red’s Adventure - Walking Through the Woods - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? - Picnic Time for Red - Red Riding Hood’s Story World

🐤Ages 5–7 Years (creative, inquiry-based titles that explore deeper storytelling and imagination)

- The Path to Grandma’s House - Little Red: The Untold Story - What Big Eyes You Have! - Tales from the Forest - A Twist in the Tale: Red's Next Chapter

📚 Literacy & Storytelling

• Explore a board book version with textures (🥚0–3 years)

• Use story props and puppets to retell the tale (🐣3–5 years)

• Create a comic strip or write speech bubbles for each character (🐤5–7 years)

🌍 Understanding the World

• Explore different fruits and foods that might go in Red's basket (🥚0–3 years)

• Pack a real or pretend picnic basket – healthy vs. unhealthy choices (🐣3–5 years)

• Map Red’s journey through the forest and discuss environments (🐤5–7 years)

🎨 Creative & Craft

• Finger paint a red cape or forest scene (🥚0–3 years)

• Make a paper plate wolf mask or Red’s basket with craft materials (🐣3–5 years)

• Design alternative character costumes or settings for a twist on the story (🐤5–7 years)

🔢 Maths

• Match and sort forest animals by size or colour (🥚0–3 years)

• Size comparison of items in the story (Big Bad Wolf vs. Little Red) (🐣3–5 years)

• Create a forest-themed number trail or solve story-based word problems (🐤5–7 years)

🎭 Imaginative Play

• Cuddle a soft toy “Grandma” and play peekaboo (🥚0–3 years)

• Act out parts of the story with dress-up clothes (🐣3–5 years)

• Put on a simple puppet show or rewrite the ending (🐤5–7 years)

🏃 Physical Development

• Crawl through “forest tunnels” (fabric draped over tables) (🥚0–3 years)

• Forest-themed obstacle course: leap over logs, tiptoe past the wolf (🐣3–5 years)

• “Deliver the basket” relay race game (🐤5–7 years)

🧠 Problem Solving & Thinking

• Hide toy characters around the room and go on a “story hunt” (🥚0–3 years)

• Sequence story cards in the correct order (🐣3–5 years)

• Discuss character choices and invent new endings – "What if Red took a different path?" (🐤5–7 years)

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