DLTK's Educational Activities
The Grouchy Ladybug
Felt Board Fun (or Puppets)

In this section I've put together some simple pages to go with the story.  You can use them in a number of ways:

Use the sheets as...  FELT BOARD CHARACTERS

• Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above) 
  OR
• print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction paper
  OR
• print the color pages
• You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them to last longer.
• Cut out each page.
• Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each animal (if you laminated, it will need to be a larger piece of sandpaper).  The sandpaper will allow the characters to stick on your felt board.
• If working with a group, give each child an animal.  As you read the story, have the children bring up the appropriate animals and put them on the board.
  
  

Use the sheets as...  PUPPETS

• Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above) 
  OR
• print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction paper
  OR
• print the color pages
• Cut out each image and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
• If working with a group of children, each one can be a certain animal. 
  • When their part of the story comes up, they can wiggle around the puppet and either chant their section of the story.
        

Templates:

• close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
• change your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).  See print help for more info.

    
Template 1   color   or   B&W

Template 2   color   or   B&W

Template 3   color   or   B&W

Template 4   color   or   B&W

Template 5   color   or   B&W

Template (clocks 1 through 4)      color   or   B&W

Template (clocks 5 through 8)      color   or   B&W

Template (clocks 9 through 12)    color   or   B&W

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