Fantastic

Posted by Sue, Nursery Team Leader on 22nd Jul 2015

I used „We‟re Riding on a Caravan‟ with a group of ten children aged 3 to nearly 5 years. The children were very involved in the resources and the story and took it in turns touching the objects. We first got the objects out and talked about them and what they thought they were. I then introduced the story and the fact that this included the different objects and asked them to listen really carefully to see if they could spot when the different objects were mentioned. The first person to quietly spot the object in the story was then able to hold the object. This worked brilliantly - they listened much better to the story [than a normal book] with the resources capturing their interest. All the children responded really well. I would definitely use the resources again and again, they‟re absolutely brilliant. I really like them because they‟re completely different to other stories that we have. Stories like The Gruffalo are great but as the story was new for the children and brand new for adults too, it made it really quite exciting. They‟re absolutely brilliant for sustained shared thinking on topics like China and Eastern culture as an illustration for the children, for information retrieval and extending knowledge. They effortlessly serve the dual purpose of providing exciting fiction and gripping facts. Fantastic!