If you are looking for some engaging activities for this fun story about getting something unstuck, you have come to the right place! With these ‘Stuck’, by Oliver Jeffers Activities, children in PreK, Kindergarten or Grade 1 will develop their fine-motor, sequencing and engineering skills.
‘Stuck’, by Oliver Jeffers – Activities
What you’ll need:
- Stuck Printables
- Coloring Pencils/ markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Laminator and laminating sheets
- White Craft Glue
- Popsicle sticks or skewers
- Green and Brown Paint
Activity 1: STEM
Cut out and assemble the pictures. Divide the class into groups of 3 or 4. Provide each group with a toilet roll tube, lots of popsicle sticks and white glue. Children work in their groups to ‘build’ a tree, then to balance all the pictures on top of that.
Activity 2: Sequencing
How to use this resource:
Print out and copy the activity sheets.
Children cut out the pictures and paste on the tree worksheet to re-tell ‘Stuck’ by Oliver Jeffers. The order is as follows: kite, shoes, cat, ladder, paint bucket, duck, chair, bicycle, sink, door, car, milkman, orangutan, boat, ship, rhino, truck, house, lighthouse, whale, firetruck, firefighter, saw
Activity 3: Story Elements
How to use this resource:
Print out the activity sheets. Children complete the activity by either cutting and pasting the information or writing it by themselves.
Activity 4: First, then, Next, Last Activity
How to use this resource:
Print out and copy the activity sheets. Children complete the First, Then, Next, Last activity, either by writing, or by cutting and pasting. They then draw the pictures.
Activity 5: Writing Prompts
How to use this resource:
Print out and copy the activity sheets. Hand out the sheets to the children and ask them to write down what they think would happen to the things, people and animals in the tree. They then write about it. If they can’t write yet, the teacher can write for them. Assemble into a class book when everyone is done and read back to the class.
Activity 6: Counting 1 – 20
Children color pictures from 1 – 20 to show the order of things getting stuck in the tree. The order is as follows: kite, shoes, cat, ladder, paint bucket, duck, chair, bicycle, door, car, orangutan, boat, ship, rhino, truck, house, lighthouse, whale, firefighter, saw
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