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Early Years Book Club
Getting started:
Information for teachers here.
Activities best suited to use on an Interactive Whiteboard will be marked with the symbol iwb
STUDENTS
Create your OzProjects profile with a description and avatar. To do this click on your login name at the top right of the main page and choose "edit your profile"
Introduce yourself or your team in the Introductions Forum.
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| 1 | Introduce yourself
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| 2 | The Lucky Seed iwb
A farmer is driving along in his cart one day when a seed falls out and onto the ground.
What will happen to the seed?
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| 3 | National Simultaneous Storytime iwb
On Wednesday May 26 at 11 am the story Little White Dogs Can't Jump written by Bruce Whatley and Rosie Smith, illustrated by Bruce Whatley and published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia will be read simultaneously to children in a variety of venues around Australia.
In this story Smudge and his family have a problem to solve. Smudge's legs are so short that he can't jump into the car! One of the children in the family devises a series of ingenious ways of getting Smudge into the car‚ but none of them work. Finally‚ it is Mum who solves the problem.
The story is available online here
Here are some enjoyable online stories and activities to follow up the theme of the story.
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The Mummy iwb
Basma and Hossam are on holiday with their parents. They are visiting the Pyramids near Cairo in Egypt. Read what happens to them when they go inside one of the Pyramids.
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| 5 | Not Too Little to Help iwb
Find out what happens when the lion gets stuck. Is the mouse to little to help him?
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| 6 | Planet Earth iwb
Katie and Jaia are on a school trip with their teacher and the other children in their class. They've gone to see the Planet Earth Museum to learn about what is happening to our planet, and why we need to look after it.
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| 7 | Easter: Poetry
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| 8 | International Children's Book Day
To celebrate International Children's Book Day, children's author Hazel Edwards was a guest in our Book Club from 29 March to 2 April.
This forum is now closed but you can still read the questions and answers.
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| 9 | The Great Race iwb
The Chinese Lunar calendar names each year after one of twelve animals. This story tells of the Jade Emperor's clever plan to decide the order the animal years should go in.
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| 10 | One Moment Around the World iwb
What's the time where you live? What time is it in your capital city?
Read and listen to this story about one moment around the world.
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| 11 | Waldo's Christmas Surprise iwb
Waldo is enjoying Christmas with his friends. Will Santa come to visit them though?
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| 12 | Icky, Sticky and Gooey iwb
Watch Icky, Sticky and Gooey get into lots of trouble in this rhyming story.
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| 13 | The Magic Spell iwb
Billy and Tom are pretending to be wizards. They are making a magic potion. Will the magic spell work?
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| 14 | Little Red Riding Hood iwb
Little Red Riding Hood is visiting her Granny. But when she gets to Granny's house, Granny looks very strange. Is it Granny? Or is it the wolf she met in the wood? What will happen to Little Red Riding Hood?
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| 15 | Jack and the Beanstalk iwb
Jack and his mother are very poor. One day he sells their cow for some beans. His mother is very angry. What will they do now?
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| 16 | Yellow Gorilla iwb
Read about a gorilla who ate one too many bananas.
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| 17 | Picasso the Green Tree Frog iwb
Picasso the green tree frog can change colour. In trees he turns green. In mud he turns brown. In water he turns blue. One day, he fell into a jar of jellybeans and turned all sorts of colours.
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| 18 | The Journey to Darkest Somewhere iwb
Join Dab and Plip on their quest to find their friend. Along your way you’ll travel through sand and snow and meet some exciting and scary characters! Safe journey!
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