What Makes Me A Me?

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We’ve gathered together a selection of topic overviews, lesson plans and activities to help your young learners find out more about themselves.

However, its themes of change and transition make it particularly suitable for the summer term before children move into the next year group or, in the case of Year 6, before they move to new schools. The paint explosion out of the little guys head, the red face and the clenched hands I know I have seen before and I am sure many little ones will relate to it. I primarily utilize Charlotte Mason's philosophies and I am excited to see some resources for some of our favorite books, which is why I joined. A funny and thought-provoking look at what makes us us, from Ben Faulks (known as Mr Bloom from CBeebies) and David Tazzyman (bestselling illustrator of You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus). As the children enter play your chosen song to sow seeds in the children’s minds - eg ‘Beautiful’ (Christina Aguilera) or ‘Go the distance’ (Hercules) .Encourage pupils to agree or disagree without judging, and move the discussion forward by asking for new thoughts. Whichever way you choose to use this book, it will have impact, whether that be on yourself or your child.

Since completing my last book review for Tes, I have moved schools and begun a new autumn term with nearly 60 early years foundation stage (EYFS) children. Dave and his wife haven't stopped arguing about whether it's the same ship, when suddenly, over the horizon a familiar shape appears. When I asked the class, we were nearly all in agreement that we were pleased this book is now in our book box. The philosophical question explored in the story was posed by the British philosopher Thomas Hobbes . The boy goes on a journey of self discovery and awareness that is portrayed in a way to make you laugh and be at ease with differences.is an easy-to-read funny and imaginative story written in rhyme with illustrations by award-winning David Tazzyman that both compliment and add to the text. If the latter, read out the answers one by one or put the finished pages up on display so that all the kids can read each others worksheets and find out what makes their classmates tick!

The illustrator has drawn the best facial expressions on the little boy in the book, in fact all the illustrations are nothing short of perfection.As such, the start of the academic year - when everybody is getting to know one another – is the ideal time to start an “all about me” topic. The site was created a few years back with the aim of becoming a high quality sparklebox alternative - helping teachers and parents to create exciting and inspiring learning environments for young children.

You could choose some older pupils to record answers to these questions to reflect upon after watching the video. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.This book would be good to use with children that find it hard to accept who they are, to support children’s self-esteem, or to just help children be aware that who they are is a perfectly made combination of many things. Learning about ourselves is a fundamental part of childhood development, especially as pupils start to ask questions about who they are and how they are the same, or different, from others. This section contains a collection of Short Term Plans (STPs) and Medium Term Plans (MTPs) on the topic of ‘magical me’.