12. Confused animals. The animals are really confused. The front end of one has ended up on the
rear end of the other. Which parts belong together?
13. Opposites. This card is important in preparing for school. You may need to explain some parts of
this card to your child.
14. Cause and effect. One event leads to another. Logical sequences are important for toddlers to
learn.
15. Red Riding Hood. Everyone knows the fairy tale. The tale is depicted using illustrations. Some of
the pictures have been left out. Can you find the missing pictures? It would be nice if you can
tell the story using the pictures and the words written below. The pictures are missing on the
left-hand side for those sentences printed in italics. The children have to find the pictures for
these on the right.
1. This is Red Riding Hood. 2. Red Riding Hood’s Grandma is a little ill. 3. Mother asks:
“Will you take this basket of goodies to Grandma.” 4. Red Riding Hood heads off and her mother
waves goodbye. 5. She meets the wolf along the way and tells him where she’s going. 6. Red
Riding Hood picks a bunch of flowers for Grandma. 7. In the meantime, the wolf rushes off to
Grandma’s house. 8. The wolf gobbles up Grandma. 9. And gets into her bed and pretends to sleep.
10. Red Riding Hood arrives at Grandma’s house. She hears: “Pull on the rope and come inside
when the door opens by itself.” 11. Red Riding Hood goes up to the bed holding the bunch of
flowers. 12. “But Grandma what big ears you have.” 13. “But Grandma what a big nose you have.”
14. “But Grandma what big teeth you have.” 15. “Yes child, all the better to eat you!” 16. The wolf
lies down with a full tummy to sleep in Grandma’s bed and starts to snore. 17. A hunter passes
the house and hears the snoring. 18. He goes inside and sees the wolf. 19. He takes a pair of
scissors and cuts open the wolf’s tummy. 20. Out pops Red Riding Hood … 21. And Grandma
pops
out too. 22. They fill up the wolf’s tummy with lots of heavy stones. 23. When the wolf
wakes up and tries to walk, he drops down dead. 24. The hunter, Grandma and Red Riding Hood
enjoy the goodies that Red Riding Hood had brought along for Grandma.
16. Hansel and Gretel
1. In a large wood lives a woodcutter, his wife and two children. The children were called
Hansel and Gretel. 2. They were very poor and had no more money to buy food. 3. One night, the
children overheard their parents plotting to leave them behind in the wood in order to get rid of
them. 4. The following morning Hansel gathered together lots of pebbles and put them in his
trouser pocket. 5. Along the way, Hansel dropped the pebbles to mark the way. 6. The parents
left them behind in the wood. Of course, the children were very scared. 7. There was a full moon
that night and Hansel could clearly see the pebbles on the ground. 8. By morning they had found
their way back home. 9. But soon there was no money again and once again the children heard
their parents plotting. 10. This time Hansel dropped breadcrumbs to show the way. 11. But the
birds ate the crumbs. 12. The parents left the sleeping children behind. 13. Now the children were
really lost. They stumbled onto a curious house. 14. When they looked closer, they saw the house
was made of candy and cake. They began to eat the house. 15. An old woman, leaning on a stick,
peeped out of the house and said: “Nibble nibble mousekin whose nibbling on my housekin.”
16. They went inside and ate a delicious meal. 17. Then they fell asleep. 18. The witch, because
that’s really what she was, pushed Hansel into a cage. 19. Hansel had to stick his finger out
between the bars every day. The witch felt if Hansel was fat enough to eat. But, each day, Hansel
stuck a stick out between the bars. 20. The witch wanted to get Gretel into the oven somehow.
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