Oliver's Vegetables

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When you read the story again your child could join in perhaps by being Oliver, saying eg, ‘I don’t eat vegetables. I only eat chips.’ ‘That was good’ and ‘That was very good.’ etc Tell the story We have an array of resources and activities that go wonderfully in conjunction with the brilliant storybook. All of these are great to use after or whilst reading the book to make sure children understand the story and its objectives. Remind ch they canuse the pronoun he or she instead of the name. Ch to use workinglit walls to write exciting descriptions. TA Help children in their Understanding the World ELGs as they learn about plants and food. They can get a better understanding of nature, plus learn about where food comes from! Why not encourage Expressive Arts and Design skills too with Colouring Activities? Planning with Oliver's Vegetables Using the illustrations as a guide, children can tell the story in their own words. Talk about the book

Bring the classtogether and look at the chs drawings Re-read olivers vegetables orthe extract discuss the story using the words character setting andevent.draw pictures oftheir chosen characters an adult and a child and think of 10 wordsto describe each one. ch to then write 2 sentences about eachcharacter using the descriptive words in an interesting way Bring the classtogether and choose children to introduce their characters anddescribe them. Are there any animals or fantasy creatures? Oliver wants chips! Healthy eating? Forget it! Oliver doesn’t care about fresh veg or nutritious food. But when he goes to stay with Grandpa, Oliver is forced to strike a bargain. If he can find enough potatoes in the vegetable patch, Oliver can have chips. But he’s also got to eat all the other vegetables he finds during his hunt! On Monday, he pulls up carrots. On Tuesday, it’s spinach. What else will he dig up? From major author Vivian French, this colourful seek-and-find tale puts the joys of healthy eating at the top of the menu. Adult to help extendthe ch instead of big what other word could we use? Look at theworking lit wall Oilvers vegetablesby Vivian French (hodder) what shall we do blue kangaroo by emmachichester clark (Collins) .

Our Oliver's Vegetables story sequencing resource is great for making sure children fully comprehend the story and can also be a great help when they're writing their own creative stories. Each card is paired with beautiful colours and will help set the scene and bring the story to life.Planning all sorts of lessons around a story like Oliver's Vegetables is a brilliant way of keeping your teaching exciting. It keeps your lessons and activities fresh and memorable, while helping children understand the story better. You can apply all kinds of different ideas, activities and exercises to Oliver's Vegetables, so have some fun working it in to your lessons.

T to walk around ansupervise retelling and note down group that worked the bestimaginatively and in retelling the story to act in theplenaryRead the story aloud allowing time to talk about what is happening and the different vegetables as you do. Join in Tell ch that I amgoing to read one of these three stories again. Ask indv ch tochoose a favourite one and give a reason for this choice. Read themost popular story again and ask the ch if they notice anything newin the words or illustrations. Ask the ch to recallthe story they heard the day before encouraging them to comment oncharacters settings and events W1 to secureidentification spelling and reading of initial, final and medialletter sounds in simple words; Talk about the vegetables you see when you go shopping, in the market, greengrocer or supermarket. Perhaps buy and try something new! Do some cooking