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Visit a zoo or wildlife park
Activities to extend play and learning.Having read the book and elephant facts, discuss and ask further questions. What are the threats to elephants? Think about what individuals can do to raise aware ........
Activities to extend play and learning.
Colour an elephant picture or draw an elephant, make an elephant mask. {templates online}Make a paper plate elephant picture, add large ears and trunk.Display. collect things that an elephant might ea ........
Comprehension and vocabulary Development
The story includes some more difficult words throughout that should prompt questions and discussion. Identify any unusual words and ensure children fully understand the meaning.Word Games to exten ........
Elephant Hubble Goes to School.
Does your child have difficulty reading?If yes then "Elephant Hubble Goes to School" is for you. A fun story for children but also highlighting the genuine problems many children have. With tips a ........
Where did the story originate?
I was commissioned to write a story by a reading charity where I was a volunteer, about their elephant mascot. The result is a fun story about "Hubble" a mischievous elephant who goes to school. T ........
Moon Cat
Vocabulary Development.Unusual words chosen from the story.Help children to define the words and understand the meaning.Sleek sneaking prey source travelled prancing portly wilyMulti-se ........
Where did the story originate?
My husband and I often walk around the village in the evening. One bright moonlit night as we walked around past the farm we saw a white cat sitting in the hedgerow hunting for mice. I was working as ........
Jack Wants A Pet – Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary Development.Unusual words chosen from the story, help children define the words and think of alternatives.Dangerous, neighbours, lurking, captivity, fortunate, adventures.Discussion, ask op ........
Jack Want’s a Pet Activities.
Colouring and drawing animal pictures.Painting, Aboriginal inspired pictures, dot painting using cotton buds.Make a digeridoo from cardboard tubing and paint on colourful patterns.Make a collage with ........
Focus on “Jack want’s a Pet”
Where did the story come from?My grandchildren live in Australia and while visiting there and reading stories to them one of the books we read was “Dear Zoo”, it gave me the seed of an idea that perha ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue
Celebrate Teddy Bear Day on September 9th 2020.Teddy Bear Day has been created to pay tribute to one of our favourite childhood toys. On this day we celebrate this amazing toy which has remained popul ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue
Teddy Bear’s Picnic and activities.Read the story of “Birtle Bear’s Rescue” then take your Teddy Bear’s for an excursion to the local park, playing fields or woodland area. Take a picnic. Preparation ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue
Collage – A story in pictures.With children at home, get creative with a multi-sensory art project. Make a mixed media story collage, which can provide a multitude of learning opportunities. This incl ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue. Fun activities to enhance play and learning
Ask open questions, talk about the story. Colour a bear picture.Role play, healthy bear check-ups with doctor/nurse kit, bandages etc.Make a bear cave or a diorama in a box.Draw a bear, make a collag ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue
Where did the story come from?Many, many years ago I worked as a Housemother in a Children’s Home, a large Victorian house which housed twenty children of mixed ages. One day we cleared some cupboards ........
Birtle Bear’s Rescue – Vocabulary Development and Comprehension
Unusual words chosen from the story.Gloomy, cobwebs, commotion, creaked, tattered, prodded, musty, handsome, discarded, radiator, thoroughly, tatty, excursions.Help children to define the words and un ........
Jack and The Boody Monster – Vocabulary Development
Jack and the Boody MonsterVocabulary development and comprehension, unusual words chosen from the story.Help children to define the words and understand the meaning.strange scary neighbourhood roam Wi ........
Jack and the Boody Monster
Let’s pretend.We should never underestimate the value of pretend play in child development. This kind of play helps to develop children’s imagination, curiosity and communication it also involves thin ........
Jack and the Boody Monster
Where did the story originate?While visiting my family in Australia and playing with my grandchildren, Jack who was two and a half years old at the time enjoyed pretend play. We played monsters every ........
Bounce around!
Regular physical exercise is an important part of child development and most children jump and bounce around quite naturally. Bouncing strengthens muscles and builds healthy bones, heart and lungs. La ........
William likes to Bounce!
The thrill of movement.A range of physical activities both indoor and out should be encouraged and become part of children’s daily routine. Whether it is bouncing, jumping, hopping, skipping, gallopin ........
WILLIAM LIKES TO BOUNCE – Where did the story originate?
When William, one of my grandsons was born he was a big bouncing baby. As he grew older like many children he enjoyed bouncing around the house. He was soon playing on the bouncy castle and then moved ........
THE WESTWOOD TROLL – WHERE DID THE STORY ORIGINATE
Where did the story originate?Many, many years ago while working as a Nanny to four young children in the Beverley area, I used to drive with them to Beverley Westwood. This is common land on the outs ........
THE WESTWOOD TROLL.
Based on the story, multi-sensory ideas to extend play and learning.Make a collage of the Minster, Black Mill, Trees, Bushes, Flowers, Cows, People, Rabbit, Squirrel and Troll.Junk modelling, make a c ........
THE WESTWOOD TROLL
Vocabulary development and comprehension, choose unusual words from the story.Lurks scruffy raggedy curious roams fairway droll cunning.Help children to define the words and understand t ........