This also includes a week planning of inviting guests to a picnic on the moon, writing invitations, designing their own picnic and acting out a moon landing. Draw a picture from the point of view of one of the passengers on the plane who sees Baby Bear and Owl flying up to the moon. This is a weeks lesson plan for learning and then writing the story of ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. There is an open envelope above the Bears’ fireplace. Could you write the letter that might have been inside it?

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Countdown: Go outside to your garden or a nearby outside space. Count down from ten, taking a step for each number. When you get to zero, say “blast off!” and run to an agreed point. You could try jumping or hopping for each number. Whatever Next! is a children’s picture book by Jill Murphy. You can watch the National Literacy Trust reading the story below! Four ways to explore the story with your child

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Songs and rhymes: Sing these rhymes about space and space travel: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and Hey Diddle Diddle. Baby Bear and Owl fly past millions of stars. How many is a million? Can you write a million in digits?

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Copy: Make a list of what you would take to the moon. The list could include food, toys and special items. This could prompt a discussion about precious things and people. Look at the use of punctuation in the story. How many question marks, exclamation marks, commas, speech marks and full stops can you find? Can you explain why the author has used each one? Set out a picnic tea on a blanket for your child dressed as Baby Bear on the moon, children canfind a few toys to join in. Make a picture I thought there was enough work for two weeks but maybe you do English everyday whereas we do not. I have changed the title to 1 week. Hide repliesSpace pictures: Use tinfoil and paint to make some shiny space pictures. You could paint a moon or some stars. Give children a large piece of paper and paints or crayons to paint a picture of their journey to the moon. Find out about the history of space flight and the different astronauts who have landed on the moon. Answer mum’s question… ‘Whatever Next?’ by writing a story that describes a new adventure for Baby Bear.

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Words for Life is created by the National Literacy Trust and supported by UK publishers with funding for its creation from the DfE and Kindred 2. Indoor picnic: Pretend you are the characters in the story. Collect items you might need for a trip to the moon, including a blanket and food for a picnic. Lay out a picnic inside and enjoy it together. The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. It includes Notebook presentations, lesson plans, differentiated resources to match each activity such as word banks, story maps and worksheets.Write a diary entry from the point of view of Baby Bear. What happened to him? How did he feel about it? Read the book again allowing children to join in with words they might remember such as WHOOSH! BUMP! Or ‘Whatever next!’ Tell the story We talked about imagination and how we could use different things to pretend - we do a lot of duplo and painting but don't play many imaginative games, so it was very helpful to have this prompt. One day we were making paper books and Miles made one inspired by Whatever Next. He told me story and did the pictures, I just transcribed what he said. Mummy Bear and Baby Bear made quite an impression on him!’ Use WordArt (or a paint program) to create eye-catching examples of words linked to onomatopoeia (like ‘Whoosh’ and ‘BUMP’). The story starts with a question. Can you think of other questions? How do we show that a sentence is a question? What words are usually used to start questions?