Sandpiper offers oracy lesson plans for a variety of early childhood books. A range of language resources are available for a growing number of children’s favourite books.
A useful supporting resource for book packs can be found under 'other stuff' - 'downloads' to BOOK CHATS (along with some other useful stuff - to support your oral language needs in the classroom. BOOK CHATS offer a range of free ‘Talk about’ guides, which provide teachers and parents with some useful ideas and questions for stimulating discussion around the themes and concepts contained in the story.
Resources are constantly being developed for new books for:
- Barrier Games - Instructions for playing the barrier game, examples of the language to be used, and any support materials as black-line masters. Simple and fun to play, barrier games are always an excellent resource for children with a language / learning difficulty;
- Language Games - Traditional games presented in an appealing manner with a language-based activity programmed into the game play. Language topics are based on the book theme, and provide practice for a variety of language skills.
- Working with puppets - Puppets to match the characters from the story are available with ideas on how to get the most from this extremely child-friendly resource.
- Language Lesson Plans - Similar to the oracy lesson plans, these provide instructions and the support materials for activities at sound, word, sentence and text level of language.
- Blanks levels of language - Questions and comments have been scripted for some of the books, based on the model of Blank’s levels of comprehension. An excellent resource for supporting children’s comprehension needs.
If you have a favourite book that you would like developed into an oracy book pack, please let me know by emailing me at: adele@sandpiperpublications.com.au - always looking for new ideas.
Click on Bunyip of Berkley's Creek for a free download example of these book packs.
Products
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek Product Code: BBC Author: Jenny Wagner Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Picture Puffins ISBN: 0-14-050126-6 | Edward the Emu Product Code: EE Author: Sheena Knowles Illustrator: Rod Clement Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780064434997 | Don't forget the bacon Product Code: OBP Author: Pat Hutchins Illustrator: Pat Hutchins Publisher: Red Fox ISBN: 0-09-941398-1 |
Giraffes can't dance Product Code: OBP Author - Giles Andreae Illustrator - Guy Parker-Rees Publisher - Orchard Books ISBN: 1-84121-565-1 | Diary of a wombat Product Code: OBP Author - Jackie French Illustrator - Bruce Whatley Publisher - Angus & Robertson ISBN: 0-207-19836-5 (pbk) | Rosie's walk Product Code: OBP Author - Pat Hutchins Illustrator - Pat Hutchins Publisher - Red Fox ISBN: 0-099-41399-X |
Where the wild things are Product Code: OLLP Author - Maurice Sendak Illustrator - Maurice Sendak Publisher - Red Fox ISBN: 978-0-099-40839-0 | There's a hippo on the roof Product Code: OLLP Author - Hazel Edwards Illustrator - Deborah Niland Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton ISBN:0-340-28697-0 | Is your grandmother a goanna? Product Code: OLLP SPA Book of the Year, 2008 Author - Pamela Allen Illustrator - Pamela Allen Publisher - Puffin Books ISBN: |
The Terrible PLOP Product Code: OLLP SPA Book of the Year, 2009 Author - Ursula Dubosarsky Illustrator - Andrew Joyner Publisher - Puffin Books ISBN: 978-0-14-350513-6 | Seadog Product Code: OLLP SPA Book of the Year, 2013 Author - Claire Saxby Illustrator - Tom Jellett Publisher - Random House Australia ISBN: 978-1-74275-650-9 | Very Hungry Caterpillar Product Code: OLLP Author - Eric Carle Illustrator - Eric Carle Publisher - Picture Puffin Books ISBN: 0-14-050087-1 |
Who sank the boat? Product Code: OBP Author - Pamela Allen Illustrator - Pamela Allen Publisher - Puffin Books ISBN: 0-14-050940-2 | Sunshine Product Code: OBP Author/Illustrator - Jan Ormerod Publisher - Picture Puffins ISBN: 0-14-050362-5 |