We also spent some time looking for fairy houses, balancing on logs and throwing sticks into the 'sea' of bluebells. Invite the children to share significant people, places or tasks and to share the emotions they induce. I love the fact that it captures what children do so naturally when they have a chance to just play with simple things and gave us a good reason to get out in the woods -free fun! Stanley's Stick is a teaming-up of hefty talents - glorious poet John Hegley and award-winning illustrator Neal Layton. Give your child a large piece of paper to draw pictures of Stanley playing with his stick in different ways.

There are lots of other resources that relate to sticks that you can download and use in your lesson plan. We're sharing one of our easy and fun autumn crafts today that we've done several tines over the years and even younger kids can get involved.He enjoyed looking for and choosing sticks and turned them into swords, light sabres and strong magnets that could 'pull people up the hills in the woods'. Your child could tell you about the pictures and you could use what they say to make captions like a photo album. Teaching Approach B: Questions in this section are the same as in Teaching Approach A, but are organised into several smaller groups.

We inevitably had to bring home a 'small' collection for the garden and no doubt they will take on other lives.Encourage them tell it to you in their own words, perhaps using some words or phrases from the story, turning the pages, lifting the flaps and using the pictures to help them. Dylan took on the role of Stanley very quickly, first when we were reading the story and then in his play. Many Hamilton units come with interactive Grammar Presentations integrated into the overall teaching and textual context. See if you can remember all the ways Stanley plays with his stick, talk about this together and look through the book to see if you have remembered them all. Exploring this book is also an opportunity for children to find out more about the natural environment and trees in particular.