Journey

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For example: what would happen if this object…grew to be enormous? …had magic powers? …wanted a friend? …came to life? …belonged to somebody else (the queen, a lion, a visitor from outer space)? Executed in watercolour, a demanding medium that requires a delicate balance between control and ‘letting go’, the resulting artwork is gently memorable yet utterly compelling. This may be a children's book, but I can see it having much broader appeal than that. It seems to be popular among adults as well, and I totally understand why. It's fun, it's cute, it's engaging, and it's skillfully done. It's one of the best picture books I've read! The girl (we are going to call her 'Eve' as this is the eve of you starting the next leg of your journey), is drawn in monochrome to start with (no colour). How do you think she is feeling? What could the conversation be between her mum, dad or sister? Write a piece of dialogue between two characters. Add speech marks and commas. Don't forget to write 'how' the words are being said, and add some narrative between what is being said e.g. The characters in this book are amazingly expressive. Look at their postures and gestures and discuss what this tells you about how they feel. Make a collection of the best words you can find to describe these emotions. Talk about body language and try expressing different emotions physically.

How wordless picture books like Journey can be used to develop children’s oral storytelling abilities The child in the story we are going to read has this wonderful crayon that opens up a door into a new world. She goes on a Journey into the world and finds some incredible things to do and explore. Let’s read it together and find out what she does. Wordless picture books can be a good way to develop oral storytelling skills and Journey is ideal for this. Using the images as prompts, tell the story in your own words. Start with simple retellings of the bare bones before working in smaller groups to develop your stories by adding details. In this way, each group will create a different version of the story. Divide the book into sections and split the readers into as many groups. Example sections might be:First, calm your body with a deep breath in through your tummy, and out through your nose. Put your hands on your tummy, and imagine your breathing helps you ride the bike nice and slow.

Distribute large sheets of paper and some coloured pencils and ask the children to draw a scene from their world They must not use any props, but instead use only themselves (eg – two people making an arch between them may be the cage which the girl is trapped in). trying to save a vibrant lilac bird which has been imprisoned. Disaster strikes when, having freed the bird, she is caught by angry guards who throw away her This format of teaching, reading books, and doing poses to go along with the story, was one that worked really well for me a couple of years. I found lots of books that were adaptable to teaching yoga lesson plans.The illustrations were created using watercolour paints. Can you try to paint using a similar style?

The girl meets the owner of the bird, another young child with a crayon of his own as well. Together they decide to create something new, something with one circle, then two… (Draw to big circles with your arms) Bicycle (reclining bicycle legs) As part of our transition work with HSMS, all the First schools will be looking at this text. Next term (if all goes to plan), you will be studying the follow-up to this text (The Quest). It is lovely for the Y5 teachers to see what you are capable of as writers, illustrators and designers: and the work you do this term will be followed up by your new teacher, next year. Start this activity with some guided visualisation. Give each child a coloured crayon or pencil. Use a variety of colours – one colour per child. To begin, have them hold the coloured pencil and think about the things that colour reminds them of. Now invite them to imagine in their ‘mind’s-eye’ (like television pictures running in their head) that they are at home in their room. It’s a dull day. Everyone else is busy doing their own thing. Imagine that you look down at your crayon. You have an idea! You go over to the wall and draw a door with your crayon. You open the door and step through into another world. So, she decides to act. Her hot air balloon lands, and she makes a break for it, running to grab the cage, and just in time she throws open the doors and frees the bird! The girl is captured (sit with knees up and head down) I have done this yoga sequence and lesson plan with Kindergarten through 6th grade, and I have built other lessons on to the end to make a nice unit on creating stories with yoga.

Why do people sometimes go on special journeys as part of their religion? Can you find out more about these?

Why not record the stories that emerge and make a collection of books to accompany them? These can be shared with another class or added to your own reading corner. Or you can record descriptions of single spreads and ask children to listen before matching each description to its picture. As you explore the illustrations in the book, try to find features that might be clues about the rest of the story. Let your imagination lead the way and begin your journey. Think of names for the places and things you draw. In a large, clear space (such as the school hall) mime drawing an object with a magic crayon and make it ‘come to life’. Perform the mimes to the rest of the class, then pair the children and ask them to use their magic crayons to create something together. Take photographs as they perform, then ask them to write about the experience.We meet a girl who wants to have fun and play with her parents or sibling. They are all busy and complicated at the moment so she retreats to her room. She watches her cat get up and leave the floor and next to her where the cat was laying is red chalk. The girl grabs it and immediately draws a door which opens to this magical world. Imagine that you could draw a magic door from your classroom / bedroom wall into another world. Draw the view to the other side. What you have here is a wordless storybook. It is, I would suggest, more a work of art, a collection of linked paintings that tell a story. Our main character (nameless), seeks refuge from her disconnected life in the adventures she creates with her red crayon. Sound like a book we've all read and loved? Stay with me. She journeys, with her crayon, into a beautifully imagined world and an adventure. I really don't want to ruin the BRILLIANT (boy how I wish FB would let me italicize) twist ending, but I will say that this is so much more than an homage to HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, it is an extension of it, a tribute to it, a joining of worlds. Why don't you arrange a video chat with them?" suggested his wife, who was trying to tidy up the ever growing mountain of paper building up on the dining table.