Hi everyone! Just thought I'd share some of the activities my Year 1 class have been doing with some of the stories in the The Story Tree. As we have been learning words and common phrases in different languages, I read some of the stories which come from all over the world to the children. They absolutely loved them. Some they knew, but others were quite new to them. Despite this (and due to the fact that we have read all of the stories several times!) the children join in during 'read aloud' sessions, and love retelling the stories through role play. We particularly liked Little Cock Feather Frock which is a Russian tale, and we now have a lovely display in our book corner. The children worked in groups to create the setting and characters of the story. They did this by painting, collage, coluring, etc. They also drew beautiful pictures of each character. I shall email pictures shortly. The CD that comes with the book is great too for whole class Speaking & Listening sessions or they can listen to the stories whenever they want in the book corner.
Look forward to seeing you soon,
D. Our Lady of Grace Infants.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin
Hi everyone
Just thought I'd post regarding 'The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin.' This week both our reception classes have been reading the wonderful tale by Betsy Bang. The children absolutely loved the book, after a few readings the children were joining in with the repeated phrases and even used some of the characters in their role play indoors and out, the jackal being the overall favourite character.
We compared the book with No Dinner by Jessica Souhami and the children were able to recognise that although Souhami had kept some characters she had also changed some from the original. As a year group we made a display which the children contributed to and we now find that they are using the display which is above the book corner to sit down and retell the story. All in all we think that this book is great for any reception class and that the children gain alot of enjoyment from such a simple story.
Our Lady of Grace Infants Brent
Just thought I'd post regarding 'The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin.' This week both our reception classes have been reading the wonderful tale by Betsy Bang. The children absolutely loved the book, after a few readings the children were joining in with the repeated phrases and even used some of the characters in their role play indoors and out, the jackal being the overall favourite character.
We compared the book with No Dinner by Jessica Souhami and the children were able to recognise that although Souhami had kept some characters she had also changed some from the original. As a year group we made a display which the children contributed to and we now find that they are using the display which is above the book corner to sit down and retell the story. All in all we think that this book is great for any reception class and that the children gain alot of enjoyment from such a simple story.
Our Lady of Grace Infants Brent
