Over the next half-term our topic is: Books, Books, Brilliant Books!

We will be sharing wonderful stories with the children, repeating them over and over, so the children can familiarise themselves with the story, gaining the confidence to talk about them and re-call the key parts.  We will be talking about the different settings and characters we discover in stories, and having lots of props in the classroom, so the children can recreate them and invent their own narratives.

How you could support our topic at home:

• Share and discuss the ‘Big Ideas’ poster below (also attached as PDF). 
• Visit the local library together and pick some picture books to share.
• Make up stories together - children love inventing stories and their imagination always blows us away!
• Ask questions when you are reading together (e.g. how do you think the characters feel? What do you think is going to happen next? What was your favourite part? )
• Read their favourite books over and over again!
• Use toys and props to make up storylines in children's play. 
• Make simple puppets (stick puppets, sock puppets etc) and use them to create a silly story or conversations together.
• Pick and listen to a Cbeebies storytime together.