Somebody Swallowed Stanley

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Reusing and upcycling our rubbish is just one way of managing waste in an environmentally responsible way. This book has 28 pages with a four-line verse on each page, and there is a repeating refrain for children to join in with. It tells the issue of plastic waste and its danger that we face today through a simple story suitable and relatable for kids. Stanley is swallowed by lots of different animals and (although it is a bit repetitive) is fun to read but has a serious note at the end when one of the animals almost chokes.

We think this book would be useful for describing forces as well as for animal homes or building topics. EYFS children will enjoy acting out the abundance of action verbs used to describe the different dinosaurs in this book. We think this book is great for introducing wood as a material that floats and discovering that the biggest isn’t always the fastest.Stanley is a plastic bag and the story follows his journey through ocean where he stumbles upon a number of creatures before eventually being reused. We think EYFS aged children will enjoy the way the two monkeys are confused by the animals, sights and sounds they have never seen before, such as a flying banana, which is actually the moon. Mistaken for a jellyfish, Stanley who has stripes and two handles (and is actually a carrier bag) is the taste of the sea! There is a repeated refrain for children to join in with while you read, and clues to get children guessing who has swallowed Stanley each time.

It builds on the balancing concepts found in “Balancing Act”, by using numbers to represent how many birds are on each side, showing that these numbers must be equal for the tree to be straight. Amazing tells the story of a little boy and his pet dragon, Zibbo, and the many activities they enjoy doing together. We love the way this book introduces the themes of insects, seeds and leaves travelling on the wind, how spiders build their webs to catch things, and what happens to a spider’s web in the rain. This is a brilliant book for teaching KS1 children about the problems of plastic pollution in a very accessible way. This is a bright and colourful book with ten easy things every child (and adult) can do in your setting or at home to ensure we have a more sustainable future.If your children have made their own dragons, check that any collage pieces are firmly stuck on and suggest that they invite their dragons to the party. An entertaining rhyming story about what happens if you use too much bubble bath when you are washing the dog.

Take photographs, scribe the children’s words and turn them into a book of stories to share with the whole group. For water related activities, see our looking through water STEM at home activity and our floating flowers activity.We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. The appealing illustrations are bright and colourful and also accurate and detailed in their representation of the vehicles, materials, tools and workers involved in the construction process. It has 48 pages, with each double page having one large key word label the type (ice, cloud) or location (pond, river) of the water and one sentence which describes and explains this. For fact hungry children, many of the pages have extra captions and diagrams which provide additional information about earthworms. Most jellyfish have dangly-gangly tentacles, but Stanley has two handles…Other jellyfish have a magical glow, but Stanley has stripes… Because Stanley (spoiler alert) is a plastic bag!