Why not enjoy a delicious Gruffalo Crumble this world book day? No baking is required and it’s super simple. Just refrigerate and enjoy.
It is the first week of kindergarten! What do I teach? I get this question all the time! I am so excited to put together this page together for you. I’m sharing our favorite first week of kindergarten read aloud stories and the free coordinating printables I made to go with them. Plus I will s
The Gruffalo lesson plans for K-2. Engaging 5-day lesson plans with differentiated reading response, vocabulary, sentence study, and a craft for this fun story!
I wanted to put together some activities based around a story that is known by most children of Junior Infant age. The Gruffalo is one of those stories, whether it’s a favourite from home or …
Learn about story elements with Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo. Free printables.
I use this self directed 30 minute activity for students who aren't with me in small groups during guided reading, to help teach difficult vocabulary for 'The Gruffalo'. These 20 words challenging vocabulary words will help students better comprehend this wonderful children's story. I have the s...
Can you build a log pile house for a snake? Set up a STEAM building challenge inspired by The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.
Our treasure hunt in the Gruffalo Woods! | Sussex Green Living
How to make simple Gruffalo Story Stones - perfect for children who want to share the story of the Gruffalo
The Gruffalo lesson plans for K-2. Engaging 5-day lesson plans with differentiated reading response, vocabulary, sentence study, and a craft for this fun story!
These are some of the most popular and best-loved books for circle time! They're wonderful other times as well, even in my own home at bedtime.
Using the clues in the text, students draw a picture of 'The Gruffalo' and tick the clues as they go. In Victorian Modern Cursive font.
Check out all the speech and language goals to target in speech therapy using The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
I am Gruffalo Mad! I’ve been a huge fan of the Gruffalo from the first time I read the story. It’s different and unique and sparks the children’s imagination. There are thousands of lesson plans you can use from the Gruffalo, and I’ve gone a little bit Gruffalo Mad! My husband will say I don’t need an excuse to spend money, but with a Gruffalo lesson week coming up, I couldn’t resist! I am teaching a rhyming lesson, but I didn’t want the children to only be involved in rhyming, I wanted them to have a rounded experience of the Gruffalo so the resources I have are: Gruffalo role play Gruffalo story sequencing Gruffalo large pairs matching Gruffalo small pairs matching Matching the written description to the picture (that’s to challenge my highers) Matching rhyming pairs, so ‘snake’ would be paired with ‘lake’ for example Making a Gruffalo’s child puppet Writing the roasted fox, owl icecream, scrambled snake and Gruffalo crumble recipes A maze (for fine motor skills) Story writing frames if the children would like to write their own Gruffalo story And a Gruffalo puppet I also have in my classroom a matching rhymes game that isn’t Gruffalo related The Gruffalo is one of those fantastic books that is completely versatile and has lots of different elements you can incorporate into a thematic curriculum. Like I said, I’m doing a rhyming lesson. I want to share my resources, however I use pictures that I find on the internet in my work and I’m not sure about the copyright. What I can do is point you towards some fantastic resources for Gruffalo lessons online! The Official Gruffalo Website Obviously the best source of activities for the Gruffalo, straight from the author and illustrator. I’m on this website a lot! Primary Treasure Chest This website absolutely is a treasure! So many wonderful resources, I would definitely recommend the site! You can download which ever activities are suitable for your class. Twinkl Twinkl have some lovely Gruffalo resources. They’re not the Gruffalo drawings but close enough to see the resemblance. And there is always Sparklebox. I also bought some of my resources from Amazon. Amazon has a lot of different resources but I was on a budget so the ones I bought were: A Gruffalo hand puppet Actually a really nice quality puppet, the mouth and the arms can be animated and it comes with a mouse finger puppet. £19.39 on 14.11.12 Gruffalo rhyming and snap game Lovely quality card games with bright, colourful pictures. A snap game and a rhyming pairs game. £4.72 on 14.11.12 Gruffalo activity book Lots of lovely activities to use at home and in the classroom, and some stickers! £2.95 on 14.11.12 Gruffalo colouring book Exactly what it says, with a word search, cross word and maze. Suitable for all ages. £2.95 on 14.11.12 If anyone knows about copyright could you let me know and I will share the rhyming pairs game which I’m using for silly soup and the matching pairs game, if it’s allowed. I will publish my lesson plan next time but the main activity I’m doing is Silly Soup. I am hoping that the fun resources will make up for the main activity not being a ‘wow’ activity. Oh! And of course! Buy the Gruffalo! I already have two copies of the book at home, because one just isn’t enough! The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Sheffler.
An illustrated A4 sheet featuring a variety of fun activities linked to Julia Donaldson’s well-loved children’s story The Gruffalo.
My friend Liz has had to endure the pain of losing 2 babies during complicated pregnancies this past year and to acknowledge all the fantastic treatment she received throughout the ordeal she is raising money for "SANDS" (the stillbirth and neonatal death support charity). I decided to help in a small way by making bunting from secondhand books, new books and fabric. This blog post was not supposed to exist, I'd been holding back writing about making these items as my plan was to send Liz bunting at Christmas time for her nursery. Liz (and her partner Ross) have had a really tough few months but feel immense gratitude for all the help they have received in Scotland and want to help others in the same situation. So, here's my book bunting project if you'd like to give it a go too:- (made from a "Where's Wally?" book) To make this bunting you need to:- *Find a book that has fairly good quality pages and cute images on both sides of the page. *Make an appropriately sized cardboard isosceles or equilateral triangle template. *Hold the triangle up to the light and check the image looks as good on the other side of the page. *Draw around the triangle with a pencil. *Carefully cut out the triangle with a paper-cutter, shaving off all the pencil lines. *Arrange an odd number of triangles (minimum 7) with the most interesting images as the first, last and middle "flags". *Select a coordinating colour of bias binding and cotton, then sew the triangles with small consistent spaces between them using a sewing machine. *Turn over the edges to create a loop ready to hang the bunting. I had to make some "Gruffalo" bunting; I reckon the lime green was a good choice of binding! Then I realised it looked better with zig-zag stitching, but that was quite tricky for it not to pucker! I reverted back to straight stitching! And, as the author of The Gruffalo (Julia Donaldson) is the children's laureate this year, it was perfect to make for Lidia's school library. I cut much larger triangles, as it's a large room and I wanted the text to feature with the pictures for this one. And here is the Gruffalo's child on purple, which is probably my favourite! In the frantic run up the Christmas I sold most of what I made so I don't have the bunting to photograph, but a few others I was pleased with were:- "Vintage Sesame street" - this was from a book I got given when I taught in New York. I couldn't think of a better way to "upcycle it". And nor could Nik S, so she kindly gave me a vintage Dandy and Beano to use for my project. Half-way through making this I was watching the news and they said The Dandy will no longer exist in paper form as it is all online now - maybe the value of this increased overnight....! I think Owen is having this and a few others for his school library. And another old book that I found sorting out my school library was this little gem! You might remember reading 1,2,3 & Away as a child with Rodger Red Hat and Jennifer Yellow Hat....! Such cute illustrations! And Billy Blue Hat is lurking in the background if you look closely. Then, I found some bargain books that enabled me to make sets of Elmer, Maisy and Peppa Pig as well as Where's Wally and Meg & Mog. So I've taken my bunting (and a few cakes - of course!) to local(ish) craft fairs and have been selling them. Thank you Nik for the Cube stall, thank you Nia for a free stall and thank you everyone for swinging by or buying the bunting. Here was my Cube stall... where I managed to sell a few of the Beanies from my vast selection of Sesame street beanies that I'd clung onto for way too long...! I also plonked the box of bunting on the table during my staff training afternoon and made £46 in the coffee break. I quickly learnt that craft fairs and homemade goods are a very unpredictable means of making money and I've new found respect for people who make their living by making stuff. And finally, I'll tell you about the one and only "commission" I had from Meg at my staff training. She asked if I could make some bunting for her 8-day old Grandson and said she wanted it made from books named after him. I reached for my iphone, called up Amazon and looked to see if transforming a book into bunting with be worth the time and money. And his name was... Alfie! (of course) the same name Liz called the little boy she lost - I was quite spooked (and emotional making that bunting) and took about 3 times longer over arranging it than I had done with any of the others. So that is about it for my blog post and my bunting that I am dedicating to SANDS and Alfie Armstrong. (Alfie's handprints) Apart from my final job, which is to make a facebook album/"shop" with the remaining bunting that can be paid for on Alfie's page:- http://www.justgiving.com/All-about-Alfie Happy new year! Jo :)
