“Moin and the Monster was my favourite book because there’s a sequel!” said one child, holding up Moin and the Monster Songster.
“Mine was The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop,” said another. “It was mysterious and magical!”
“I liked Fantastic Mr Fox. But my all-time favourite is The Witches.”
And in the midst of all that, one child held up Dragonflies, Jigsaws and Seashells, her eyes shining as she told me she got it, was reading it and loved it so far.
How could I not have enjoyed this reading programme? Six children, three books, 12 online interactions. It was perfect in so many ways!
Moin and the Monster
The first book we read together was Moin and the Monster. With this one, we did an all-time favourite activity – creating a monster together and naming it. Then, the children worked with rhymes and then made a monster rhyme of their own. Shapeshifting creatures, monsters hiding under the bed and jumping out of windows, monsters with superpowers – I met them all!
Fantastic Mr Fox
The written activities around this classic were all about limericks. How do we write a limerick? How can we pay attention to the rhythm of the poem when we work with rhyme?
One child wrote a set of limericks that were also acrostic poems – poems about SHAPE, CLOUD and SPACE. I love it when children are ambitious enough to try something new!
The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop
A quick game followed by an introduction to characters, setting, plot and structure made our writing activities for The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop quite intensive! We worked on creating magical characters of our own followed by a quick free writing activity. The best way to finish a workshop on reading and writing is with the possibility of more stories and unbridled creativity.
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