Biscuit Bear

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Guiding your child to choose the safer acts!) children can be circus performers too doing a head over heels (roly-poly) just like an acrobat. Or they could be a strong man and lift cardboard tube weights or try juggling with balls or bean bags. Make a poster The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. Find out the prices of different types of biscuits. Use these for your own statistics / data handling activities or to create some word problems.

Oxford author and illustrator Mini Grey has a special gift for approaching storytelling and illustration from unexpected angles, which makes her witty and colourful picture books a joy to read and reread, whatever your age. Retell the story in the form of a playscript. Make some puppets and use these to perform the story to an audience.From this text we were able to create tasks for many aspects of the curriculum, but primarily the focus was to be in maths. In science we have just started a new topic on 'using electricity' and the text was incorporated to identify items that does and does not use electricity. In English the pupils were writing instructional text informing people how to make a biscuit bear. The story is told from a narrative point of view, who is telling the adventures of a Biscuit Bear, made by Horace. Biscuit Bear has been personified and made the main character of the book through magically coming to life which will definitely captivate young readers. Biscuit Bear has lots of fun creating his own biscuit family which is then sadly eaten by Horace’s dog. Biscuit Bear then finds a place where all biscuits can be safe; he overcomes adversity. There was no obvious structure, the plot itself was quite unpredictable and random and the physical structure of the book was quite varied too with lots of different fonts and layout of the words which made it visually exciting. Make a timeline showing the main events of the story and the approximate times that they might have taken place. won the Nestle Smarties Prize in 2004. It was also shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Once your child has heard the story a few times they will be able to tell it to you, in their own words, using the illustrations to help them. Watch the story If you wish to disinfect your plushie use warm water or look at a laundry sanitizer which is safe on both whites and colours, unlike chlorine bleach. Red Fox Age 3-7 When Horace makes a biscuit bear with his Mum, it looks delicious and he can’t wait to eat it. However his mum makes him wait, and in any case, it turns out the biscuit bear has other ideas about his future! This is a highly inventive story with lots to talk about in the detailed illustrations. You could decorate with currants for eyes, or add lots of decoration just like biscuit bear does. Be a circus performer These one of a kind super cute and soft Biscuit bear plushies make for the perfect gift or decoration at home, they feature a super comfy texture and well are extremely padded. This plushie is made from a high quality super soft plush material and are very filled with Premium PP cotton. It also features a handy zip for easy cleaning. The secret to better sleep is here

Investigate reversible and irreversible changes. Is the process of cooking biscuits reversible or irreversible? Why? Biscuit Bear is a resourceful hero and his story is told in wonderfully detailed - biscuit themed - illustrations. All our plushies are washing machine friendly and easy to take care of. Here is our handy guide on how to wash your plushie. Some of the illustrations show the reader how to brush their teeth. Can you create a set of instructions to teach others how to brush their teeth correctly?

Other children’s picture books by Mini Grey include The Pea and the Princess (2003), The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (2005), the Traction Man series (2005, 2008, 2011), Toys in Space (2013), Hermelin (2015) and The Last Wolf (2018). A little boy bakes a bear-shaped biscuit but this is no ordinary biscuit bear. During the night Biscuit Bear comes to life and, with no-one to play with, he decides to bake some friends of his own. The result is a circus of fun but can the fun last forever? Print off the poster template so that your child can fill the poster with drawings of the performing biscuits at Biscuit bear’s circus. In maths we were able to cover a wide range of mathematical topics. We covered repeated patters, using Horace's bed covers as an example of a repeated pattern, fractions by giving them biscuit bear related word problems using fractions, time by giving them time problems related to timings for baking etc. Make a list of words that could be used to describe Horace’s lump of pastry when he was first given it and after it has been rolled over the floor and furniture.

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Mini was given her name because she was born in the front seat of a mini car in a South Wales car park. Following school, Mini did a foundation course in Fine Art and then an English degree at University College London. After working as a theatre designer and a teacher, she did a Masters in illustration and combined her love of writing and illustrating by creating children’s books. Her first children’s story was Egg Drop in 2002, with Biscuit Bear following not long after.