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The Three Little Pigs
PawSteps · Symbol-Supported Story · Every word has a picture!
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✔ The classic tale retold in short, repetitive sentences
✔ Symbol above every key word — read it, point to it, sign it
✔ Story vocabulary board to pre-teach the words
✔ Comprehension pages: match, sequence & yes/no
✔ Build-a-house challenge card + retell planner
✔ For SEND classrooms, speech therapy, AAC users & home reading
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🍎PawSteps · For Grown-Ups
How to Read a Symbol Story
💡 Why symbols?
Symbol-supported text lets children access a real story before they can read the words. The picture carries the meaning, the printed word sits underneath it, and over time the two glue together. It also gives non-speaking children a way to "read aloud" — by pointing.
📖 Reading together
Read slowly, pointing to each symbol as you say the word. Pause at the repeated lines ("I'll huff and I'll puff…") and let the child join in — with voice, sign, gesture or a big dramatic 💨 blow! Repetition is the point: this book is designed to be read many, many times.
🃏 Before the story
Print and cut the vocabulary board (after the story pages). Introduce the symbols first: name them, act them out, find them on the page. Children follow stories far better when the words are friends, not strangers.
✂️ Make it interactive
Laminate a second copy of the vocabulary cards and add velcro — children can match cards to the symbols on each page as you read, or hand you "who comes next?".
💚 Grey words
Little grey cells (the, a, of…) are glue words — they have no symbol on purpose. Point and read them quickly; the bold symbol cells carry the story.
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 1
🕰️Once upon a time
there
were
3️⃣three
🤏little
🐷pigs.
The
🐷pigs
🤲wanted
✨new
🏠houses.
🐖Mummy pig
👋waved
🙋goodbye.
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1
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 2
The
1️⃣first
🐷pig
🔨built
a
🏠house
of
🌾straw.
The
2️⃣second
🐷pig
🔨built
a
🏠house
of
🪵sticks.
The
3️⃣third
🐷pig
🔨built
a
🏠house
of
🧱bricks.
🌾🏠 🪵🏠 🧱🏠
2
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 3
The
🐺BIG
👎bad
🐺wolf
🚶came.
He
💬said:
"I
will
😤huff
and
😮💨puff
and
💨blow
your
🏠house
⬇️down!"
The
🌾straw
🏠house
⬇️fell down.
The
🐷pig
🏃ran
➡️away!
🐺 💨 🌾 ⬇️ 🐷🏃
3
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 4
The
🐺wolf
🚶came
to
the
🪵stick
🏠house.
He
😤huffed
and
😮💨puffed
and
💨blew.
The
🪵stick
🏠house
⬇️fell down.
The
🐷🐷pigs
🏃ran
➡️away!
🐺 💨 🪵 ⬇️ 🐷🐷🏃
4
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 5
The
🐺wolf
🚶came
to
the
🧱brick
🏠house.
He
😤huffed
and
😮💨puffed.
He
💨blew
and
💨💨blew.
The
🧱brick
🏠house
❌did not
⬇️fall down!
🐺 💨💨💨 🧱🏠 💪
5
📖The Three Little Pigs
Page 6
The
🐺wolf
😮💨was tired.
He
🚶went
➡️away.
The
3️⃣three
🐷pigs
were
🛡️safe
and
😊happy.
🔚The end.
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🃏PawSteps · Story Tools
Story Vocabulary Board
✂️ Introduce these words BEFORE reading. Cut them out, laminate them, act them out! During the story, children can match cards to the page or hand you "what comes next".
🐷pig
🐺wolf
🐖mummy pig
🏠house
🌾straw
🪵sticks
🧱bricks
🔨build
💨blow
⬇️fall down
🏃run away
😊happy
🧠PawSteps · After the Story 1
Match and Order
✏️ Draw a line: which pig built which house?
1️⃣ 🐷 🧱 🏠
2️⃣ 🐷 🌾 🏠
3️⃣ 🐷 🪵 🏠
🔢 The story is muddled! Write 1, 2, 3, 4 to put it in order.
🧱🏠💪The brick house stays up!
🐺💨🌾⬇️The straw house falls
🐺💨🪵⬇️The stick house falls
💬 Talk: which house was the strongest? Why?
❓PawSteps · After the Story 2
Yes or No?
👀 Circle YES or NO. Point to the symbols as you read each question.
1. Were there THREE little pigs?3️⃣🐷YESNO
2. Did the wolf blow the STRAW house down?💨🌾YESNO
3. Did the wolf blow the BRICK house down?💨🧱YESNO
4. Did the pigs ride a bicycle?🐷🚲YESNO
5. Were the pigs safe at the end?🛡️😊YESNO
⭐ Super challenge: what would YOU build a house from? Draw or write it!
🧱PawSteps · After the Story 3
Build It & Retell It!
🛠️ Tuff tray challenge card — cut out and prop up in your building area:
Can you build a house for the Three Little Pigs? 🐷
🌾 🪵 🧱
✂️ cut · 🖇️ stick · 🧴 glue · 📏 tape — will YOURS stand up to a big blow? 💨
🗣️ Now retell the story in your own words (or symbols, or acting!). Draw or write one thing in each box.