Below you’ll find alphabetical lists of articles found within this site.
Children’s Book Reviews
Over the years, we’ve come across some terrific children books. They’re the sort of stories that, when you finished them, you want to share them with friends.
Here is a list that we are creating of our favourite children books.
- Boris The Spider
- Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
- Charlotte’s Web
- Class Three All At Sea
- Gotcha
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede
- It’s A Bad Day To Be A Fly!
- I Want My Hat Back
- Mungo and the Dinosaur Island
- The Pirate and the Pig
- Tumble Bumble
- Where’s My Teddy?
Learning Activities Based on Children’s Books
Below you’ll discover some story extension activities based on the books listed above. These learning activities have been designed to expand children’s knowledge, skills and interests. They include ideas for maths, science, art, language, social/moral development and technology.
- Boris The Spider: Make Your Own Spider
- Charlotte’s Web: The Characters
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Cooking Activity
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Hens and Eggs With Food Colouring Paint
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Menus for Hens
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Mud Pies for Hens
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Sneaky Snake Changes Colour
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Silly Sneaky Snake Word Wheel
- Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake: Sneaky Snake Comes To Visit
- Gotcha:Open-Ended Questions
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Draw A Centipede
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Write A Centipede Story
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Remember?
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Number Harry
- Harry the Poisonous Centipede: Make Harry
- Hog and Frog: Differences
- Hog and Frog: Hidden Words (Note: There are 3 Hidden Word puzzles of varying difficulty – easy, harder, hardest.)
- Hog and Frog: Picture Puzzles (Note: There are 3 puzzles of varying difficulty – easy, harder, hardest.)
- Hog and Frog: Scrambled Sentences (Note: There are 3 puzzles of varying difficulty – easy, harder, hardest.)
- It’s a Bad Day to be a Fly: Fly Facts
- It’s a Bad Day to be a Fly: Fly Facts Quiz
- Mungo and the Dinosaur Island: An Erupting Dinosaur Volcano
Other Articles
- Apple Puzzle
- Cardboard Box Roads
- Centipedes for Dinner
- Baking Soda & Vinegar: Erupting Volcanoes
- Baking Soda & Vinegar: Exploding Bags
- Children and Cameras
- Cloud Dough
- Cloud Dough Igloo
- Facts About Flies
- How to make an ant farm … or not
- Play Dough: Magic Play Dough
- Play Dough: Never Fails Play Dough Recipe
- Prewriting Activity: Doodle Dice
- Reading Notes for Fun!
- Pirates: How To Make A Pirate Costume
- Pirates: Pirate Treasure Map
- Pirates: Pirate Ship Reading Record Chart
- Scribblely Paintings
- Sight Word Animals
- Sight Word Bingo
- Sight Words: Crazy Houses
- Sight Word Dice – How To Make A
- Sight Words:Fly Swat
- Sight Words in the Sand
- Sight Words: Magic Words
- Sight Words Pebble Game
- Sight Word Stamp Game
- Sight Word Twister