It can be tricky choosing the right book and sometimes children can be put off if they pick a book that they struggle to get in to.
Use this infographic on your whiteboard or as a handy reference file on your tablet or class workstation.
Use this story planner in conjunction with the theatre template to start creating your own Kamishibai theatre.
Show that punctuation marks are our pals with this infographic to explain twelve of our ever-useful punctuation marks!
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In some cultures foxes are often depicted as symbols of deceit and cunning. Why do the children think that foxes are thought of in this way? How does our language reinforce this image? Discuss foxy language and anthropomorphisation.
Our downloadable woodland animal fact cards teach us about foxes, hedgehogs, rabbits and deers and will help start children off on their voyage of discovery of uk wildlife. Use on the whiteboard or on tablet computers.
Also available with or without text and images and also as a blank printable template.
Use The Christmas Elf as a festive story starter or see how many woodland creatures children can spy in this adorable poster (©StoryWorld – illustrated by Tomislav Tomic.).
Learn about children's book illustrator Emma Chichester Clark and find exciting ways to use traditional tales to look at sentence construction.
Amadeus’s search for his father has taken him from chip shops to Sherwood Forest and now to infinity and beyond. Is he really going to
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