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Harry and the Robots (Harry and the Dinosaurs)

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Ask some children to beat percussion instruments while others move around like robots and then change places. Harry is very close to his Gran. How did he feel when she went into hospital? What did he do to make her better? Do the children have an elderly relative, neighbour or friend who is special to them? What do they like about them? Make a book about special people. Harry's robot worked with batteries. Show the children batteries of different sizes and have fun with battery-operated toys and torches. How do they work? In the story, Harry enjoys having his Grandma as a playmate. When she falls ill, Harry decides to build the robots they had planned to make together. The robots, he hoped, would help look after his Grandma during her stay in hospital and speed her recovery.

Discuss what robots do. Some robots are used to assemble cars. Arrange half of the children in a line and help them to choose an action each while the other children pretend to be the cars moving along a conveyor belt. As they move along, the robots can pretend to add different parts in a sequence, such as wheels, lights or paint. Extend children's understanding of how things work and develop their design skills as they create their own robots. Robots move very stiffly. Discuss why and introduce the word 'mechanical'. Suggest that the children pretend to be robots by making stiff, stilted movements. Start with their hands and arms, then feet and legs, then suggest that they move around the room in a mechanical march. Adrian Reynolds is a hugely talented illustrator who has worked on many picture books, including the wonderful Harry stories and four adventures featuring Pete and Polo. Adrian lives in Cambridge.

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The mechanical aspects of robotic movement present ideal opportunities to emphasise patterns in sounds, syllables and words and to encourage children to move to a regular beat. Make some robots' heads from cereal boxes. Cut out one of the narrow sides and paint or cover the box in foil. Sit the boxes on the children's heads like bonnets. Make up robot dances wearing the 'heads'. Harry's robot had a special way of talking. Try saying 'Ha-Lo Har-Ree' slowly, like the robot in the story, clapping as you say each syllable. Sit in a circle and ask the children to greet each other in turn, splitting their names into syllables and clapping as they do so.

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