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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
© National Literacy Trust 2020
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.