Janet A. Holmes & Jonathan Bentley. Play is the most powerful way young
children learn. Every time you play, sing or read with young children they are
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Duck Janet A. Holmes & Jonathan Bentley Play is the most powerful way young children learn. Every time you play, sing or read with young children they are learning about language. The following activities have been designed for early childhood professionals to use as a starting point for developing children’s early literacy skills through play. Please feel free to adapt them for the home and with children of different ages. Don’t forget to record your own ideas, activities that worked really well, relevant songs and rhymes in the Notes section opposite. Visit our website www.thelittlebigbookclub.com for more fun printable activities based on this book.
Engaging with Language and Literacy Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Emilie Buchwald
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Janet A. Holmes Jonathan Bentley
When reading the story you can: Let the children hold their favourite toy. Introduce new vocabulary by focussing on some of the key words such as yellow and raggedy, exaggerating those phrases. After reading the story recount the descriptive phrases such as smells like a blanket. Guess My Friend After reading the story encourage the children to use some words to describe their favourite toy giving clues such as: o What it feels like o What it smells like o What is sounds like Favourite Toy Poster Create a poster or card featuring your child’s favourite toy. Take a photo of the toys and stick to card. The children can decorate the poster while an adult can scribe some key words around poster for example fluffy, cuddly. Display the posters for the children to share.
Exploring Our World Favourite Toy Picnic Have a favourite toy picnic. The children can be involved in the planning by: o Deciding where to hold the picnic.
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o Making invitations addressed to their toys. o Planning a menu. Don’t forget to take some books to read at your picnic.
Discovering Sensory Play Sensory experiences not only provide children with the opportunity to explore their world through their five senses, they are an ideal chance to introduce and use descriptive words.
More Books To Read: Other books about special friends: Eight by Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble My Brown Bear Barney (series) by Dorothy Butler
With the following activities, encourage the children to use descriptive language such as soft, sweet, loud etc...
Good Night Maisy by Lucy Cousins
My Toy Looks Like..... Place the children’s toys in a row. Ask the children to close their eyes. Remove a toy. When they open their eyes, can they guess which toy is missing?
One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson
My Toy Feels Like... Place two to three of the children’s toys in pillowcase and allow the children to feel around in pillowcase and see if they pick out their toy Smelling Table Create a smelling table with various scents. Use containers with holes in the lids. Include scents such as vanilla, eucalyptus, fabric softener. Ensure all lids are tightly secured so the children cannot open them Feely Box Create a touchy feely box for the children to explore. Fill the box with various materials such as faux furs, wool etc... Sound Table Create a sound table with musical instruments
Having Fun with Music and Movement
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems There’s A Hippopotamus On Our Roof (series) by Hazel Edwards Friends for Keeps (series) by Emma Quay and Anna Walker
Useful websites and links: For information and strategies on developing friendships, imaginary friends and learning to share, try: .. http://raisingchildren.net.au/beha viour/toddlers_behaviour.html ................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use musical instruments from the Sensory Table and name them, for example, tinkly triangle, noisy drum. The children can use the instruments to accompany their favourite songs.
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Adapt favourite songs to include children’s toys:
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If your happy and you know it give your toy a cuddle. Play a game of Hokey Pokey. The children hold their favourite toys and include them in the actions.
Play a game of who is hiding under the rug. The children and their toy can hide together under the rug. Encourage the other children to use both the child and their toys name.
Rhymes and songs Five Little Ducks Five little ducks Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only four little ducks came back. Four little ducks Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only three little ducks came back. Three little ducks Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only two little ducks came back.
More Books To Read: Other books about special friends: Eight by Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble My Brown Bear Barney (series) by Dorothy Butler Good Night Maisy by Lucy Cousins One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems There’s A Hippopotamus On Our Roof (series) by Hazel Edwards Friends for Keeps (series) by Emma Quay and Anna Walker
Useful websites and links: For information and strategies on developing friendships, imaginary friends and learning to share, try:
Two little ducks Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only one little duck came back.
.. http://raisingchildren.net.au/beha viour/toddlers_behaviour.html
One little duck Went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But none of the five little ducks came back.
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Duck Janet A. Holmes & Jonathan Bentley Mother duck Went out one day Over the hill and far away The mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack." And all of the five little ducks came back. Six Little Ducks That I Once Knew Six little ducks that I once knew Fast ones, skinny ones, fair ones too. But the one little duck with the feather on his back He led the others with his quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack-quack, quack, quack He led the others with his quack, quack, quack. Down to the river they would go. Wibble wobble, wibble wobble to and fro. But the one little duck with the feather on his back He led the others with a quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack-quack, quack, quack He led the others with his quack, quack, quack. Home from the river they would come. Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho-hum-hum. But the one little duck with the feather on his back He led the others with a quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack-quack, quack, quack He led the others with his quack, quack, quack.
More Books To Read: Other books about special friends: Eight by Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble My Brown Bear Barney (series) by Dorothy Butler Good Night Maisy by Lucy Cousins One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems There’s A Hippopotamus On Our Roof (series) by Hazel Edwards Friends for Keeps (series) by Emma Quay and Anna Walker
Useful websites and links: For information and strategies on developing friendships, imaginary friends and learning to share, try: .. http://raisingchildren.net.au/beha viour/toddlers_behaviour.html ................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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