Free Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable
The Three Billy Goats is a great story for kids. And this fun free addition puzzle is great for the story.
The free Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle has addition from 1 to 12 for kids to do. It has a puzzle mat and 12 pieces to fit on the puzzle mat. A fun way to work on addition for kids in kindergarten and first grade.
Free Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle is a part of the 5 Days of Free Three Billy Goat Gruff Printables.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable is a great addition to the addition printables on the site.
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What Is Addition?
Addition is defined as adding something to something else. So that is adding different things together.
This is where kids learn one plus one equals 2 or 1 + 1 = 2. You start on simple and work up to more complex math.
Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable
The Three Billy Goats Addition Puzzle Printable has simple addition from 1 to 12. It is a fun way to review or learn addition. The puzzle has fundamental addition problems for kids.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle is great for those in late kindergarten (ages 5 to 6) or early first grade (ages 6 to 7).
Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Pieces
You have random numbers from 1 to 12 on the puzzle pieces. These match the equations on the puzzle mat.

Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Mat
You can see the puzzle mat below. it has the 12 addition equations on it. You have three rows of four equations.

Things to use with the Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable
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Preparing the Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle
You will see how we prepare to use the Three Billy Goats Gruff addition puzzle.
Write Answers on the Back of the Puzzle
Something you can do before laminating the puzzle pieces is to write the answers on the back of the pieces. This is great for self checking.
Laminating the 3 Billy Goats Gruff Puzzles and Mat
We printed the puzzle on cardstock and laminated it. You can see that laminated the puzzle and we also did the puzzle mat.

Cut out the Puzzle Pieces
You can laminate the puzzle and then cut it out or cut out the puzzle and then laminate it. Everyone has a different idea of what will work best.
So do what works best for you!

Put Putty On the Puzzle Mat
On the puzzle mat to help the puzzle pieces stick we use wall putty.
You only need a small amount in each corner. This helps this is a great way to help the puzzle pieces stay in place while you do the puzzle.

You can see how the wall puzzle helps the puzzle pieces stay on the puzzle even when you pick up the puzzle. We do this a lot and you can reuse the putty as well! Just take the puzzle off the puzzle when you are done and use it later.

Now you are ready to use your addition puzzle.
Ways to Use the Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable
You will see how we use the 3 Billy Boats Gruff Addition puzzles below.
Setting up an Addition Puzzle Center
You can see below a simple addition puzzle center. You have the pieces of the puzzle on the right and the mat with the putty on it.
You can add the Addition Bookmarks for kids who might need help with the answers to the equations. Just give them 1 to 12 for the bookmarks.

Matching Puzzle Pieces to the Addition Mat
You are going to match the puzzle piece to the addition equation. You can see we have that seven plus five equals twelve. And we have the matching piece of the puzzle for the equation.

After you get starting with one puzzle piece you can start on the next one. You can see how the picture starts to build.

Finish Addition Puzzle
You are going to go until the whole addition puzzle is finished. And kids can show your how they did. This is a fun way to work on addition.

What you will find in the Free Three Billy Goats Gruff Addition Puzzle Printable
- Addition from 1 to 12
- One puzzle mat with addition
- Three Billy Goat Gruff theme for the Puzzle
- Picture puzzle with numbers 1 to 12 on the pieces
- 2 pages

More Three Billy Goat Printables
Free 3 Billy Goats Gruff Pack has 70 pages of printables to use that have elements from the story with puzzles, clip cards and more. You can read the story and use parts from the pack to help retell the story.
Three Billy Goats Gruff Sequencing Printable has the story in four parts with easy reader book, clip cards, writing and cut and paste. A simple way to retell the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff.
Three Billy Goats Gruff Easy Reader Book with Tracing Printable is a fun easy reader book with tracing for the words from the book. A simple way to work on handwriting and words from the story.
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