Every week we will meet, read, discuss, write and craft about the fantastic book of the week. I will encourage children to read along with me, answer questions about the story, tell me the bits they find fun and generally realise their early enjoyment of literature. 

Favourite British authors include Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen, Eric Carle, Janet and Allan Ahlberg and Beatrix Potter - to name just a few!


Carrying on from this, the children will be encouraged to write what they can, according to their ability. We will discuss possible words and sentences we may like to write. Your child may enjoy being independent and sounding out the phonemes independently, or they may be beginners in learning to hear the initial letter sound. I will be using a phonics alphabet card to help the children see all the phonemes. This visual aid supports them to become independent writers.

For further critique, maybe you could send a picture of the writing for me to mark outside of the lesson. 

It is important to note that this class is only suitable for children who have learned their sounds or letter names and are now learning to spell and sound out words. Your child must be able to form their letters independently to follow my instructions when spelling.


If you join the class and would like books that are further down the list instead of the ones I have chosen, just message me. The list below is not set in stone!



Week of 5th August (05.08.24)  The Troll by Julia Donaldson - rhymes and rhythms galore. Enjoy writing fun rhyming words.

Week of 12th August (12.08.24)  We're Going on a Bear Hunt By Michael Rosen - cutting, sticking, sequencing and writing activity.

Week of 19th August (19.08.24)  Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne - Can you put the pictures in order and re-tell the exciting journey of Handa in some lovely writing. 

Week 26th August (26.08.24)  Whatever Next by Jill Murphy - What a wonderful story about a journey to the moon. Here we will discuss day and night and do some beautiful writing about Baby Bear's trip to the moon.

Week of 2nd September (02.09.24)  The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson - A book club is not complete without this fantastic story. We will re-tell and invent further animals that the mouse could 'bump' into. What might the gruffalo like to eat with the animal they suggest. All things creative and imaginative are welcome here!!

Week of 9th September (09.09.24) Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell - A lovely winter story full of snow, cosy fires and a little bear who is scared of the dark. Are you scared of the dark? The dark is beautiful. A song about the moon and lantern making will be followed by some colouring, cutting, sticking and beautiful writing.

Week 7  There's an Ouch in my Pouch! by Jeanne Willis and Garry Parsons - a lovely story to introduce a lovely lesson on kangaroo's and their pouches. Why do they have a pouch? Watch a video of a kangaroo getting in and out of it's mother's pouch. This will inspire some lovely writing, drawing and colouring about the book.

Week 8 Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. Create, decorate and label your own family as stick men. Either write about your own new stick adventure, as stick man, or make a storyboard of the book. Choose from a blank storyboard or pictures to colour board. 

Week 9  Ruff by Jane Hissey. A story about birthdays and party games will stimulate the children to draw pictures of their own birthdays and write about some of the exciting things that happen in their birthdays. What jokes would you write inside your pass the parcel? 

Week 10 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Order and spell your days of the week. Sequencing, writing and colouring about the hungry caterpillar will give the children a variety of activities to keep them engaged for longer.
 
Week 11 Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. Complete a storyboard, wordsearch, and / or other writing activities to choose from. Write about how you tell and show people how you care about them. Colouring activities also supplied for the less willing writers!

Week 12 Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. Match pictures to sentences and complete another page to the story, where Monkey meets a new animal. Roleplay masks provided for the children that wish to take part in the story interactively!

Week 13 The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Write your own letters with your address. Write the address on an envelope to the person you are writing to.

Week 14 Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Who do you spy and what are they doing? Write short sentences to match the sequenced pictures.

Week 15 Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Dinosaur writing and craft activities. 

Week 16 The Tale of a Naughty Little Rabbit (Based on the original tale by Beatrix Potter). Guided writing will be a re-telling of the story with small pictures to head the writing. Further activities for younger learners are colouring by number, reading the words and drawing an appropriate picture to match, colouring of Peter Rabbit. 

Week 17 The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage. Story map guided writing with optional independent book reviews, writing about your favourite lunch or re-tell the story in your own words. 

Week 18 The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark by  Jill Tomlinson. About Owls like plop writing and invent alliterative words to describe parts of the Owl. Character descriptions using word banks.

Week 19 Zog by Julia Donaldson. Write a summary of 'Zog' using rhyming words from the text. Copy and trace words or colouring.

Week 20 The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr. Write a shopping list for the tiger coming to tea, wordsearch, colouring, simple copy and trace.

Week 21 Billy's Bucket by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons. What's in your bucket? Under the sea writing activity. Colouring.

Week 22 Tig and Tog The Discovery by Sally Garland. Dinosaurs and fossils. Be a Paleontologist.

Week 23 Elmer The Elephant by David McKee. Writing about our unique selves. Digraph colour by number

Week 24 Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Pirates writing. Label the pirate ship.

Week 25 The Lighthouse Keeper's Tea by Ronda and David Armitage. At the seaside writing. My trip to the seaside.

Week 26 The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson. 

Week 27 Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Week 28 A selection of rhymes and poems from Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl

Week 29 Red Riding Hood from Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Week 30 The Scarecrow's Wedding by Julia Donaldson

Week 31 The Wish Cat by Ragnchild Scamell and Gaby Hansen

Week 32 Peace at Last by Jill Murphy

Week 33 Dogger by Shirley Hughes

Week 34 Cops and Robbers by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Week 35 The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson

Week 36 Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy

Week 37 Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Week 38 The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson

Week 39  This is Owl by Libby Walden and Jacqui Lee

Week 40  The Song of the Dinosaurs by Patricia Hegarty

Week 41 Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Week 42 Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Week 43 Eliot the Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer

Week 44 Tabby Mctat by Julia Donaldson

Week 45 The Three Little Superpigs by Claire Evans