What happened to the lazy farmer? Children can imagine what the farmer did when he was chased away from the farm and tell his story. Did he feel sorry? Sing ‘Old Mac Donald’ The book is available in a number of languages. Could you use these to introduce children to other languages? Created using illustrations directly from the book, children can look at the six sequencing cards and talk about what they can see. They could work together or individually to sequence the cards and use them to support retelling the story. Thanks for getting in touch. You might also like this: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-2545726-ronald-the-rhino-story-powerpoint

Find out more Read more books written by Martin Waddell here Titles include: Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? * Owl Babies The Pig in the Pond The Big, Big Sea Tom Rabbit Snow Bears * See more lovemybooks ideas Read more books illustrated by Helen Oxenbury here Titles include: The Quangle Wangle’s Hat The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book Say Goodnight * We’re Going on a Bear Hunt * So Much Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes * See more lovemybooks ideas Look at different ways of writing plurals, using animal names as inspiration, e.g. cows, sheep, mice. Who doesn’t love an abused animal that spends all his time farming? I adored this book when I was younger and to this day still shout “How goes the work?!” from my bedroom window if my Mother is gardening outside.They stole down the hall’ is a sentence from the book. ‘Stole’ can have more than one meaning. Can you think of other words like this (i.e. Homonyms). This is a great book to read to KS1 pupils as it has a large amount of repetition in terms of lines but also animal noises. It can be used easily in English as the farmer is a great character to analyse. They can identify the problems with the farmer and discuss solutions to help him change. This can be done with both written work but also through drama activities. Look at the illustrations of the farm at the beginning and end of the book. How are they different? Could you draw your own farm pictures in similar styles?

Find out about the animals on the farm. Why do people keep those animals on a farm? What kinds of jobs do farmers have to do to look after them? There is a lot of speech in the book. Use this to develop, or reinforce, understanding of speech marks and how they are used. a very interactive book to get the children involved with and big bright pictures to engage them. raises some issues such as inequality to possibly discuss with the class.

Read the story again, this time leaving spaces for children to join in with the repeated phrases and animal noises. Reading the story again and again helps children to read more of the story themselves and builds their confidence in books and reading. Talk together Children can create their own farm picture by drawing, painting or using collage with torn coloured paper.