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Give children a large piece of paper and paints or crayons to paint a picture of their journey to the moon. Could you act out the story with some friends? Which characters will you need to have? Will you use any props? I thought there was enough work for two weeks but maybe you do English everyday whereas we do not. I have changed the title to 1 week. Hide replies

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We talked about imagination and how we could use different things to pretend - we do a lot of duplo and painting but don't play many imaginative games, so it was very helpful to have this prompt. One day we were making paper books and Miles made one inspired by Whatever Next. He told me story and did the pictures, I just transcribed what he said. Mummy Bear and Baby Bear made quite an impression on him!’Look at the use of punctuation in the story. How many question marks, exclamation marks, commas, speech marks and full stops can you find? Can you explain why the author has used each one? Draw a picture from the point of view of one of the passengers on the plane who sees Baby Bear and Owl flying up to the moon. This also includes a week planning of inviting guests to a picnic on the moon, writing invitations, designing their own picnic and acting out a moon landing.

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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.Read the book again allowing children to join in with words they might remember such as WHOOSH! BUMP! Or ‘Whatever next!’ Tell the story Baby Bear and Owl fly past millions of stars. How many is a million? Can you write a million in digits? Watch this video which shows preparations for a play version of ‘Whatever Next’. Could you put on your own performance of the story?

Whatever Next - Teaching Ideas

Encourage children to tell the story in their own words using the illustrations to help them. You might find they include some phrases from the story. Talk about the story Songs and rhymes: Sing these rhymes about space and space travel: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and Hey Diddle Diddle.Make a shopping list that includes items you might need for a picnic on the moon. How much would these things cost? How much would they cost altogether? Words for Life is created by the National Literacy Trust and supported by UK publishers with funding for its creation from the DfE and Kindred 2. Copy: Make a list of what you would take to the moon. The list could include food, toys and special items. This could prompt a discussion about precious things and people.