This story sequencing worksheet helps young readers practice putting The Three Little Pigs events in the correct order

Explanation:
We need to number the four pictures 1–4 to show the correct order of events in *The Three Little Pigs* story.

Let’s look at each picture and figure out what’s happening:

1. Top-left picture: A pig is mixing something in a bowl — looks like he’s making bricks or mortar. This matches the first little pig, who builds his house out of straw? Wait — no, actually, the first pig builds with straw, second with sticks, third with bricks. But here, the pig is mixing in a bowl — that suggests brick-making, which is what the *third* pig does (the smart one). Hmm — let’s hold that thought and check others.

2. Top-right picture: Three pigs are standing outside a house — it looks like a sturdy brick house. The wolf is not there yet. This likely shows the pigs together after all houses are built — but probably *after* the wolf has blown down the first two houses and they’ve run to the third pig’s house.

3. Bottom-left picture: A pig is running away from a house that’s been knocked over — debris everywhere. The wolf is chasing him. This is clearly the first pig’s straw house being blown down (or maybe the second pig’s stick house). Since straw is weakest, this is likely the *first* event: wolf blows down straw house → pig runs.

4. Bottom-right picture: Two houses are shown — one looks like straw (simple, flimsy), one like sticks (a bit sturdier), and the third (brick) is intact. Also, the wolf is at the brick house, trying to get in — maybe chimney? This seems like the scene where the wolf has already destroyed the first two houses and is now at the third pig’s house.

Let’s reconstruct the classic story order:

- 1st: First little pig builds a house of straw.
- 2nd: Second little pig builds a house of sticks.
- 3rd: Third little pig builds a house of bricks.
- Wolf comes and blows down the straw house → first pig runs to second pig’s house.
- Wolf comes and blows down the stick house → both pigs run to third pig’s brick house.
- Wolf tries to get in brick house (goes down chimney) → gets boiled in pot.

Now match pictures:

- Bottom-left: House destroyed, pig fleeing → this is *after* wolf blows down a house. Most likely the straw house (first destruction). So this should be event #2 (since building comes first).

But wait — the task says “Write numbers 1–4 in the boxes to show the order in which the events took place.” So we need the *chronological sequence of events*, starting with earliest.

Let’s identify what each panel *shows* more precisely:

A. Top-left: Pig mixing in bowl — likely building the brick house (third pig). That’s a *construction* scene.

B. Top-right: Three pigs standing in front of a solid house — possibly *after* all are safe inside the brick house. Or maybe just posing before danger? Unlikely — usually they’re not all together until they flee to the brick house.

C. Bottom-left: One pig running from a collapsed house; wolf chasing — definitely a house being destroyed. Likely the straw house (first destruction).

D. Bottom-right: Two ruined houses (straw & sticks) and the brick house standing; wolf at brick house — this is *after* both flimsy houses are gone, and wolf is at the final house.

So correct order:

1. Building phase: Who builds first? The story usually starts with each pig building their house. But only one building scene is shown — the pig mixing (brick house). However, the *first event* in the narrative is usually the pigs deciding to build and then building. But since only one building image exists, and the other images are destruction/safety, we must infer based on standard sequence:

Standard sequence of *key events* in most simplified versions for kids:

1. The three pigs build their houses (but only one building image — perhaps this is meant to represent the *start*, i.e., first pig building straw? But the image shows mixing in bowl — that’s brick-making.)

Wait — let’s re-express the images more carefully (based on common worksheet versions of this):

In many printable worksheets for “The Three Little Pigs” sequencing:

- Panel 1 (top left): Pig building with straw (but here it's a bowl — maybe it's the *first pig* making straw? Unlikely — straw isn’t mixed in a bowl.)

Alternative idea: Maybe the bowl is for mud/straw mixture? Some versions show first pig using straw and mud.

But let’s look at visual clues:

- Top-left: Pig wearing a hat, stirring a big bowl, with a bag labeled “STR” — possibly STRaw? Or “BRICK”? Hard to read.

However, there’s a well-known version of this exact worksheet online. In that version:

- Box 1 (top left): First pig building straw house (though drawn as mixing — sometimes stylized).
- Box 2 (top right): Three pigs at brick house — after escaping.
- Box 3 (bottom left): Wolf blowing down straw house — house collapses, pig runs.
- Box 4 (bottom right): Wolf at brick house, two ruined houses visible.

But chronological order must be:

1. Pigs build their houses — the *first* action is building. Since only one building image is shown, and it’s a single pig working, it likely represents the *beginning*: first pig building his house (straw). So top-left = 1

2. Then wolf comes and blows down the straw house → bottom-left = 2

3. Then the first pig runs to second pig’s stick house; wolf blows that down too — but that’s not shown explicitly. Instead, bottom-right shows *both* ruined houses and wolf at brick house — so this is 3

4. Finally, all three pigs are safe in brick house (top-right) — that’s the ending → 4

Yes, that fits.

Confirm:
- 1: Pig building (start)
- 2: One house destroyed, pig fleeing
- 3: Two houses destroyed, wolf at brick house
- 4: Pigs safe together in brick house

So assign:
- Top-left → 1
- Bottom-left → 2
- Bottom-right → 3
- Top-right → 4

Final Answer:
Top-left: 1
Top-right: 4
Bottom-left: 2
Bottom-right: 3