Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around Expressive Arts and Design ELG: Creating with Materials. Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories. Take your child outside, to dig a patch of soil and look for worms. Follow up by encouraging your child to become worms themselves – by moving and wriggling to music!

A grieving son finds a new direction for himself and his family by standing up to those who want to kill the hen harriers on his beloved moors. Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps. Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps; Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter. Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. Understanding the World ELG: People and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps. BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award winner Helen Oxenbury: 'I love to get across what people are feeling' Understanding the World ELG: ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.

There is even a description (and picture!) of worm poop. Who knew. One has to wonder though because the picture of the worm poo here is about the size of three worms. If this is realistic then I pray I'm never reincarnated as a worm. This book explores the nature of humble worms and what job roles they have. From recycling our waste to make rich compost for your garden which your crops will love, what they eat, how they aerate and improve the soil, how they move around as well as explaining the anatomy of those 'underground farmers!'The book is told from the point of view of the young boy who is spending the day with his Gran while she tends to the garden. When she digs up a worm he’s disgusted at first but then his Gran starts to explain just how great these creatures are. Although it sounds a little like a fiction story it’s a non-fiction book and there are a lot of worm facts explained in a really fun way. Something about the ‘story’ aspect of the book just seems to work and makes it easier and more engaging to learn about worms. Expressive Arts and Design ELG: Creating with Materials. Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function; Understanding the World ELG The Natural World. Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.

Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.

This picture book is a lot of fun to read and tells the story of a boy who is spending time with his Grandmother in the garden. He is disgusted when he comes across a worm but the grandmother explains why he ought not be disgusted, telling him all about the crucial work a worm does. Mathematics ELG: Numerical Patterns. Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity; Read our review of Can We Save the Tiger? 2. The Wilderness War -Julia Green (Oxford University Press) I can't recommend this book enough; you can also find it as part of a collection of nature stories of the same format in the "Nature Storybooks" ten piece collection.

Studying worms will involve critical thinking. Children will naturally ask themselves, and you, where one might appear, how it can move without legs, and other questions, perhaps also considering whether they are disgusting or beautiful, stupid or clever. Later, they will also have to think hard to represent the worms bodily, then with crayon strokes, colours and perhaps words. Some will share thoughts, selecting language to express their ideas. They may also evaluate muddy soil, as they explore its properties and content. The illustrations really made me love this book even more. Not only are they clear and fun but there are also lots of little extras going on in each picture and the best part of all the illustrations is the fact they are quite funny with little speech bubbles and comments made by the worms and other insects. There’s something about funny pictures that makes them more fun to read and I can see kids really enjoying looking over this book again and again and spotting all the extra things in the pictures like extra worms, insects, toys and cats. It makes each picture more interesting and fun and I’ve always felt that books with extra things to see in the picture make it great fun to re-read. One of the extraordinary Nature Stories series (it's worth seeking out all of these). A celebration of these small, simple creatures and their secret, wonderful lives beneath our feet. Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World- Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps. As a picture book I would really recommend this for all kids. What I love is how at the end kids are taught to be respectful when seeing and handling worms. I remember when I was at school as a kid myself, there were some young kids who treated worms like a play-thing and were quite cruel in the way they handled them. But with this book it can really change your perspective and although I always knew worms are good for your garden, I never knew just how good or how amazing these little creatures are! Understanding the World ELG: Past and Present. Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society. Who would have thought those little wrigglers we call worms would be such a high importance in our environment?! Understanding the World ELG The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.