Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Activity Worksheet for Kids #3637775 (License: Personal Use)

This educational coloring and writing worksheet features a cartoonish old lady with a wide-open mouth, surrounded by Halloween-themed illustrations including a ghost, bat, owl, cat, witch, bones, and a spider. The central oval contains the beginning of the cumulative rhyme “There was an old lady who swallowed a ______,” with blank lines for students to invent their own sequence of swallowed items. Designed for early elementary classrooms, it supports creativity, sequencing, and fine motor skills through drawing and writing.

Commonly used in kindergarten through second-grade classrooms during literacy or thematic units (especially around Halloween), this worksheet supports emergent writing, oral storytelling, and phonics practice. Teachers often pair it with read-alouds of the classic children’s book or as a center activity.