Suggestions for use in the classroom
Shopping sounds and a story about a trip to buy some very special muffins.
Listening for individual sounds
Encourage the children to listen to the sounds that Cat plays throughout the episode. Listen carefully, do you know what the sound is? What can you hear? What does it sound like? (birds, chicken clucking) Can you add actions to the sounds? What other animals can you hear? Where can you find these animals? Use photos of real animals as extra visual aids.
Rhyme/song
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.
But where is the boy, who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack, he’s fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I,
For if I do, he’s sure to cry.
Story - Little Boy Blue
To hold attention and to help engage the children you can show pictures and artefacts, such as a cow, a cockerel, piglets, sheep, lambs, haystack, trumpet etc. On second listening, encourage the children to retell the story using the props to help with the story sequence.
Comprehension questions after story
Can you remember what animals were in the story? Why did Dad give little boy blue the trumpet? What kept waking little boy blue up? How did little boy blue feel when the missing lamb came back?
See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.
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