P3 on-programme reviews

[Naz]

Hello Alison, heres my review on Pumpkin soup.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90...

[Andrew]

Hello,
The Wave, by Morton Rhue, not a book for the classroom, but an interesting story with links to 'behaviour management'.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Lorraine]

Hello Alison, here is my review on 'Ellie and the cat', an exciting story which teaches children to be caring towards their friends....
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Thanks everyone, some great reviews. Glad you enjoyed Beware of Boys!

[Lorraine]

Hello,
here is my review on 'Dinosaur Trouble' by Dick King Smith. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
For anyone who loves animal stories, this is a must read!

[Lorraine]

Hi, Here is my review on 'Just like floss', an excellent illustrated book!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Enjoy!

[Jayne]

Hello,

Here are some of my reviews:

Brilliant book: 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler' by E.L Konigsburg

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

'More, More, More!' by Dawn Casey

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

'When the World is Ready for Bed' by Gillian Shields

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Excellent for R.E lessons:
'Stories from ancient civilisations: Indian Myths'
by Shahrukh Husain and Bee Willey.


http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Anna]

Hi everyone, here is my review of 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Anna]

Hey everyone, here is my review of 'Amazing Grace' by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Tanzina]

Hello, here are some of my book reviews so far.

This is my review of ‘The Village that Vanished’.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

This is my review of ‘ Kings and Queens’.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68...

This is my review of ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

This is my review of ‘The Wheels on the Bus’.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

This is my review of ‘What Goes Snap’
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This is my review of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Anna]

Here is my review of 'Give Yourself A Hug' by Grace Nichols.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Andrew]

Hi,
This is my review of 'A Friend for Little Bear'

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Great reviews, everyone, thank you!

[Laura]

This is my review of 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Great review, Laura, thanks! Have you read any other books by Berlie Doherty? I recommend Children Of Winter and Treason.

[Matt]

Hey everyone, a review of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' that I read back in October on SEA - better late than never!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Matt]

My review of 'Sophie the Musical Cow'

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Two great reviews, Matt. It is useful to hear how you have used these books on placement!

[Khalida]

My review of Avocado Baby x

Avocado Baby by John Burningham

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The Hargrave family are a small family who are physically quiet weak. They have a new arrival to the family a little boy. He will not eat anything and the family worries he will be weak and unwell. One day Mrs. Hargraves finds an avocado and gives this to the baby – and he eats it all up. He continues to eat avocados everyday and grow very strong – so strong that he has super human powers.

This is a great book to use with children of all ages as a stimulus to think about meanings of ‘hope’ and ‘strength’. It can also work well with talking about new arrivals to families, groups, classes and how they can bring new thing to the old dynamics.




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[Khalida]

Another one from me x

Beware Of Boys by Tony Blundell

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A young boy sets off to the woods and bumps into a hungry wolf – who quickly decides he will eat the boy for his supper. However the wolf is quickly tricked into running around collecting ingredients by the boy for all sorts of recipes and ends up rather confused and tricked out of supper. The book is very funny and comes to an end with the boy going home to supper with his mum – who he gives a bunch of flowers to.

This book allows children to read and explore recipes in a fun and imaginative way. This can be used for both literacy (writing instructions) and numeracy (proportion and ratio).

It also provides a twist to the classic adventure – where the boy finds himself in control of a difficult situation.

It is a great book for guided reading as it can lead to some interesting comprehension questions. It also lends itself well to individual and group reading.

The recipes do not have specific measurements and so can also be used in EYFS where children can be encouraged to make their own recipes up and get used to using language for instruction and elements of more and less for mathematical development – as well as addressing creative development.





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[Khalida]

My review of Elmer in the Snow x


Elmer In The Snow by David McKee

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a very fun book and takes us on another adventure with Elmer the elephant. Elmer’s friends are not happy about the cooler weather they are experiencing – so Elmer takes them on an adventure to help them to see how to have fun in the cold. Elmer leads his friends on a long walk and helps them to see how walking can help to get them warm and then he leads them to an area in the jungle full of snow. The elephants have a great time playing in the snow and also sliding on the frozen water. Elmer tricks his friends by making a snow model of himself and this creates a great element of suspense and awe for the readers.
This was a book I read with a nursery group to compliment their “Winter” topic. The book introduces language for this topic really well and helps children get familiar with words such as ‘cold’, ‘frozen’, ‘ice’, ‘snow’ and ‘warm’. The book also created a great lead up to a physical activity we carried out outdoors – where we followed a trail and did different movements and actions to get warmed up – all of which nicely addresses the Personal, Social, and Emotional, knowledge and understanding of the world, communication, language and physical areas of the early years learning goals. The book also led to a focus activity for the knowledge and understanding of the world area – where the children where allowed to make ice and explore how water freezes to make ice and then how it melts when warm and becomes water again.




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[Khalida]

one I really enjoyed reading to a Nursery class x

Banana! by Ed Vere

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A very simple book - with 2 words - 'Banana' and 'Please'.

The book follows the interaction between two Monkeys who both want the Banana.

It see's how the Monkeys start of unable to share and then the magic word 'Please' is used and we see a glorious sharing of the Banana.



The limited use of words and the very clear and animated illustrations allows the reader to make the story what they want and allows children to interact and be creative in the process.



It is a fantastic book to use in EYFS to promote understanding around manners, kindness and sharing - helping to address the emotional development of very young children.



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[Mehrin]

Hi all,

Here's my review of 'Mr Gumpy's Outing' by John Burningham:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Great reviews, Khalida and Mehrin. Thank you!

[Zaynab]

here is my book review of the Gingerbread Boy

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Angela]

Hi everyone, here's my review of Into the Forest by Anthony Browne.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Angela]

My review of Romeo and Juliet, retold by Andrew Matthews

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Zaynab]

My review of on the way home by Jill Murphy

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Thank you, great reviews! Hope you're enjoying your placements.

[Danny]

Have a read of my latest review of a fantastic book about Greek Mythology!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Enjoy!

[Ali]

Thanks Danny, that's certainly a great book to invest in. Lucy Coats is a great author. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-1... suggests that boys are catching up with their reading, which is good news.

[Anna]

Hi everyone,
This is my review of 'Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?' by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

It's a great book, Anna. It would be fantastic to use to inspire collages with children as well.

[Anna]

Here is my review of 'Farmer Duck' by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Tara]

Hi, here are some of my reviews.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Thank you! I love the look of the Cloud Tea Monkeys, Tara. Mal Peet is an amazing author for young adults; I wasn't aware that he wrote picture books too.

[Karolina]

My review of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

A great review, Karolina, thank you!

[Karolina]

My review of poems book:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Karolina]

Hi, this would I would recommend for both children and adults:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Karolina]

My review of

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Three great reviews, Karolina, thank you.

[[deleted user]]

Here is my review of Edwardo: the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World by John Burningham.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70...

[[deleted user]]

Here is my review of Helpful Henry by Ruth Brown
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Eddie wrote: "Here is my review of Edwardo: the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World by John Burningham.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70..."

This is the link to your review (rather than the book) Eddie: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ali]

Two great reviews, Eddie, and how great to see boys as "good", helpful characters!

[[deleted user]]

My review of The Mysterious Benedict Society.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[[deleted user]]

Link to my review of Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Donna]

Some reviews...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Donna]

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...