The Wheels on the Bus

We have had lots of fun this week sharing our next book from the author Jan Ormerod . . . 

The bus drives into a wildlife park, and then the fun begins!

When talking about her favourite part afterwards, Kaidence told us that she liked "The bus - cause it looks like a zebra, it's got stripes!"

Zac said "I liked the hippos because they go in mud, and water to get them clean if they go in mud. I've got a hippo at my house!"

Ava told us "I liked the llamas" She thought they looked like "Special sheep".

Beau said "I liked the lemurs, they were funny!"

We would love to hear about your favourite animal if you have visited a wildlife park - post us a comment and let us know!

Over in the Clover

We have been sharing another Jan Ormerod 

book this week . . . 

There were lots of animals to count as we visited different environments including a forest, jungle and desert to 

name but a few!

Sammy O - "I liked the tigers cause they had stripes on them"

Toby - "I liked the puppy dogs because they were cute"

Amelia - "I liked the tadpoles cause they changed into frogs and I liked something else, I liked the kangaroos 

cause they hopped!"

Colby - "I liked the frogs, they went swimming"

Which animals would have been your favourite?

Post us a comment and let us know.

If You're Happy and You Know It!

We have had lots to be happy about this week, and thought that this would be a good choice for our next 

Jan Ormerod book . . . 

It is based on the popular children's rhyme, but has lots of different animals that find an alternative for clapping their hands when they are happy!

Here is a small selection of the animals 

enjoyed by the children:

Jessica - "I liked the dog cause he wagged his tail."

Lucas - "I liked the elephant, he flapped his ears like this." (Lucas showed us!)

Iwa - "I liked the crocodile, he snapped his teeth!"

Alfie D - "I liked the hyena, he was laughing!"

What makes you happy - post us a comment and let us know!

Whoosh around the Mulberry Bush

This week our Jan Ormerod book has taken us to lots of different habitats around the world as well as continuing our focus on different animals!

Zac particularly liked the sandy shore - "Crabs go under water!". He also spotted a fish that he liked in the deep blue sea - "He's like Nemo! He's orange and white"

Further along in the book, Annie told us "We're not in the desert any more, we're in the jungle! I really like the monkey swinging on the vines"

Samuel W enjoyed the next habitat - "I like the crocodile because he's in the waterhole. He's got big sharp teeth!"

Georgia also found a favourite animal at the waterhole - "I liked the zebra because it's got stripes on it"

We would love to hear about your favourite habitat - post us a comment and let us know!

The Animal Bop Won't Stop!

Everyone enjoyed reading 'Doing the Animal Bop' last week, and our second book has been no different, there were lots of smiles and laughter . . . 

We met some more animals and enjoyed finding how they move and joined in with the actions and sound effects!

The giraffe was very popular . . . 

Seth B - "I liked giraffe, it's long"

Hattie - "I liked the giraffe cause it sticked it's tongue out"

But Iwa preferred the lion . . .

"Me liked the lion cause it went 'Raaaaa'!"

Now we're all looking forward to meeting the characters in our next Jan Ormerod book!

Doing the Animal Bop!

As you know, last term we enjoyed sharing a range of traditional tales with the children rather than focusing on one specific author  . . .

This term however, we are going to have a focus on books from Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner. Our first one features lots of great animals, some of which we have been talking about during our jungle related activities!

Here's what some of the children thought about this lovely rhyming book . . . 

Austeyn - "That's so fun - it's good, it's beautiful!"

Noah - "I liked the monkeys, I love them jumping"

Evie chose the same animal as her favourite - "The monkey - because they were swinging in the trees!"

Christopher had a different favourite, and he shared his knowledge about them with us - "The penguins - because they eat fish, they can go into their snowy home"

Which would you have chosen as your favourite animal?

Post us a comment and let us know! 

There Once Was An Ugly Duckling . . .

As we have been thinking about spring time and new life, we thought that this would be an ideal book to choose for our next traditional tale . . . 

We all felt sorry for the ugly duckling when he ran away and searched for somewhere safe to stay, some of the children thought he would be lonely and sad.

After reading about his adventures through the long and cold winter, we noticed that the ugly duckling was changing and getting bigger . . . 

"He's trying to fly!" (Theo A R)

There was a lovely surprise when we turned the page . . .

"He's grown - he's white!" (Amelia)

It was lovely to see that he had become a beautiful swan and was happy at last.

"I liked the ugly duckling when he was white because he had wings. I liked the little ones too, the yellow ones. And I liked the mum because she had wings too." (Samuel W)

We enjoyed sharing the story together - and Pip told us that she has the song at home!

Do you have a favourite part of the story?

Post us a comment and let us know.