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

🌳 Skip through the forest of learning with our enchanting 'Little Red Riding Hood' resources! From our captivating Display Banner & Call Out Quotes to essential Word Mat and Word Cards, we have everything to explore this classic tale. Piece together the story with our Large Story Sequence Cards and delve into character analysis with detailed Character Descriptions. Bring the narrative to life with Role-Play Masks (available in both colouring and pre-coloured versions) and charming Lollipop Puppets. Encourage personal reflection with 'My Favourite Part' and 'My Favourite Character' drawing & writing sheets, and spark creativity with our 'Picnic Basket' drawing/art & craft/playdough activity. Enjoy a fun Picture Snap Game, create exciting Wolf Wanted Posters, and reinforce letter recognition with Alphabet Colouring. All this, plus themed activity ideas tailored by age, ensures a truly engaging journey into the woods! 🐺

Please scroll down to browse our Little Red Riding Hood themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊

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Core ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Resources

❤️🐺‘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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