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© National Literacy Trust 2020 T: 020 7587 1842 W: literacytrust.org.uk Twitter: @Literacy_Trust Facebook: nationalliteracytrust The National Literacy Trust is a registered charity no. 1116260 and a company limited by guarantee no. 5836486 registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in Scotland no. SC042944. Registered address: 68 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL. Read Stick Man online then complete the following activities with your child. Stick Man lives in the family tree. One day he goes out for a walk but keeps getting used for different things. Join him on his eventful journey back to the family tree. What will he get used for next? Read or watch the story online As you are reading the story together, encourage your child to join in with repeated parts of the story: “I’m Stick Man, I’m Stick Man, I’m Stick Man, that’s me” Talk about how Stick Man is being used. Ask your child what they might use a stick for, or give them some other suggestions Point out the changing seasons in the background of the pictures Outside activities Season spotting: Go outside to your garden or a nearby outside space during your daily exercise time. See if you can spot signs of the current season. For example, blossoms on the trees in spring or brown and orange leaves on the ground in autumn. Collecting sticks: See what sticks or other natural materials you can find and collect, such as leaves, pebbles or conkers. These can be used to make a picture or your very own Stick Man. Songs and rhymes Talk about the weather in the story and what the weather is like outside today. Sing these rhymes about weather. The words for these rhymes are on the Words for Life website. ♪♬ I Hear Thunder ♪♬ It’s Raining, It’s Pouring ♪♬ The Sun Has Got His Hat On – watch online Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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©  National  Literacy  Trust  2020  T:  020  7587  1842  W:  literacytrust.org.uk  Twitter:  @Literacy_Trust  Facebook:  nationalliteracytrust    The  National  Literacy  Trust  is  a  registered  charity  no.  1116260  and  a  company  limited  by  guarantee  no.  5836486  registered  in  England  and  Wales    and  a  registered  charity  in  Scotland  no.  SC042944.  Registered  address:  68  South  Lambeth  Road,  London  SW8  1RL.  

   

 

 

Read  Stick  Man  online  then  complete  the  following  activities  with  your  child.      Stick  Man  lives  in  the  family  tree.  One  day  he  goes  out  for  a  walk  but  keeps  getting  used  for  different  things.  Join  him  on  his  eventful  journey  back  to  the  family  tree.  What  will  he  get  used  for  next?  

 Read  or  watch  the  story  online    

Ø As  you  are  reading  the  story  together,  encourage  your  child  to  join  in  with  repeated  parts  of  the  story:  “I’m  Stick  Man,  I’m  Stick  Man,  I’m  Stick  Man,  that’s  me”  

Ø Talk  about  how  Stick  Man  is  being  used.  Ask  your  child  what  they  might  use  a  stick  for,  or  give  them  some  other  suggestions  

Ø Point  out  the  changing  seasons  in  the  background  of  the  pictures    

 Outside  activities  

Season  spotting:  Go  outside  to  your  garden  or  a  nearby  outside  space  during  your  daily  exercise  time.  See  if  you  can  spot  signs  of  the  current  season.  For  example,  blossoms  on  the  trees  in  spring  or  brown  and  orange  leaves  on  the  ground  in  autumn.    

Collecting  sticks:  See  what  sticks  or  other  natural  materials  you  can  find  and  collect,  such  as  leaves,  pebbles  or  conkers.  These  can  be  used  to  make  a  picture  or  your  very  own  Stick  Man.    

 Songs  and  rhymes  Talk  about  the  weather  in  the  story  and  what  the  weather  is  like  outside  today.  Sing  these  rhymes  about  weather.  The  words  for  these  rhymes  are  on  the  Words  for  Life  website.  

♪♬       I  Hear  Thunder  ♪♬         It’s  Raining,  It’s  Pouring  ♪♬       The  Sun  Has  Got  His  Hat  On  –  watch  online  

 

Stick  Man  by  Julia  Donaldson  and  Axel  Scheffler  

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Rubbings  Take  some  paper  and  crayons  outside  with  you.  Hold  the  paper  onto  a  tree  trunk  and  rub  over  the  top  with  the  side  of  a  wax  crayon.  You  could  also  try  rubbing  over  leaves  or  any  textured  objects  you  have  at  home  such  as  Lego  bricks.    

 Draw  your  family  Talk  about  who  Stick  Man  lives  with  in  the  family  tree.  Work  together  to  draw  your  family  and  talk  about  who  each  person  is.      

 For  older  children  Read  the  story  again  and  emphasise  the  rhyming  words,  for  example  ‘me’  and  ‘tree.’  Ask  your  child  to  think  of  more  words  to  continue  the  rhyming  string,  such  as  ‘bee’,  ‘see’,  ‘key’.  Challenge  them  to  think  of  their  own  rhyming  pairs.