Supertato

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This is possibly one of my favourite children's books that I have read so far. Having seen it used within a Year 1 classroom during a week's work experience, I decided to revisit it for my first book of the challenge. English: making storyboards, alternative endings, predictions, adding their own dialogue into the story, creating their own "Supertato saves the day story", write a newspaper report about the supermarket incident, rewrite the story from the Supertato or Evil Pea’s point of view, and more! Science: the healthy eating plate – this book really makes vegetables exciting, which is such a bonus for encouraging children to eat their 5-a-day. In personifying the vegetables in a positive way, it creates a real buzz and excitement for eating fruit and veg, so this can be reinforced by teaching them about healthy eating and balanced diets. Art/design: make your own super veggie superhero – either design on paper, using craft materials or, even better, with a real vegetable!

An innovative concept, playing on the excitement of superheroes but with a real twist: it is all about vegetables, a superhero potato, and a mischievous evil pea causing havoc in the supermarket isles. This book is both a fun and entertaining read, perfect for a class story-time, but also has so many practical applications within the classroom. It is great for EYFS and Year 1 stage, but it could definitely be applied in the Year 2 classroom and beyond depending on the activities. Just to name a few, this book by Sue Hendra could be used for: