Hi everyone,
'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' by Judith Kerr is an absolute classic story about a little girl who finds a tiger at her door and he then proceeds to eat all the food in the house. Judith Kerr is so super as capturing the sublime and fantastical in such a whimsical way. This story is lovely for lore their sense of imagination, studying wild animals, food, baking, manners and roleplaying going to the cafe.
Learning Ideas
Communication and Language
Re-tell the story from the beginning using just the pictures.
Role-play having a wild Tiger turn up at your door. How would you react?
Research the life of a Tiger and give a 1-minute presentation
Pretend you are the little girl. What would you say to Daddy when he got home?
Physical Development
Gross Motor - Help to do some baking or cooking. Mixing the batter round and round in the bowl. Rolling the pin to flatten the pastry. Pressing hard to cut out biscuits shapes.
Fine Motor - Using playdough, can you make some play food for the Tiger to eat?
Practice using an effective pencil grip while writing and drawing.
Go for a walk to the local cafe.
Personal Social Emotional Development
How do you think Sophie felt she saw a Tiger at her door? When the Tiger ate all the food and cakes? When she couldn't have a bath because the Tiger had drank all the water? When Daddy suggested going out to the cafe?
Build word power by encouraging children to use words other than happy/sad. e.g worried, upset, downhearted, miserable, dejected, cross, ecstatic, cheerful, merry, jolly, delighted, etc.
Why is it important to use manners when we are asking for something? What do we say when we receive it? "Yes, Please" "No, Thank you" "Thank you" "Please can I have..."
Play a board game together and practise taking turns. Pop-up-pirate, Crocodile Dentist and Monkeying Around (Monkey Business) are some of my classes favourites.
Reading
Retell the story from the beginning. Can you remember what happened next?
Think up your own story with a different animal turning up at your door. How would the story be different?
Draw your own illustrations for your story.
Writing
Write words on your illustrations to remember what the animal did at each part. What it ate/drank. Where it went. What it said.
Draw a picture of your favourite animal and write its name using phonetic knowledge.
The family went to the cafe at the end of the story, can you write a menu for the cafe.
Sophie and her mum went to the supermarket. Can you write your own list of things to remember when you next go shopping? You can draw pictures to help you too.
Remember in Nursery we aren't looking for spelling to be correct, mark-making is fine. If we are working with a Reception child then we would be hoping for a phonically plausible attempt to name the Tiger e.g. "t-igh-g-r".
Numbers
Link counting and number recognition to the cooking activity. Counting the cakes/buns/biscuits. Counting the eggs.
Count the number of things on your shopping list then count them in the basket/trolly when you go shopping.
Talk about bigger/smaller number. Can you think of a number bigger/Smaller than...? Begin to think about 1 more and 1 less.
Shape Space and Measures
Talk about weight in the cooking activity. If you have a digital scale, you might want to say what number you are looking for when you weigh the flour, butter, sugar, etc. When the number is higher that means that it will be heavier.
Understanding of the World
Go on a trip to a cafe. What do you have to do? Remember your manners.
Make your own cafe role-play. Make your own menus, food, table cloth, etc.
Expressive Arts and Design
There are lots of different types of artwork that can be created from recycled household rubbish. This Pinterest post has lots of lovely ideas.
Make some food using ingredients from a cookbook or online. Recipes help us make sure that what we cook/bake always turns out nice to eat. Maybe you could make some cakes, biscuits, sandwiches, drinks and have a picnic with your stuffed teddies.
Have a lovely week,
Big Fox
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