The Paper Dolls

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Are there things, people, or places in your memory that don’t exist in the real world anymore? Can you give some examples? Our brilliant resource includes two type of worksheets: one that features two bigger paper dolls, that can be printed on an A4 paper, and the other one that puts together eight smaller paper dolls on an A4 paper. You can use our paper doll cut out templates for loads of activities. You can ask them to write some facts about themselves on the dolls, like we suggested above. Or, you can ask them to create their own paper dolls, by colouring and drawing the templates as they like. The Paper Dolls is a wonderful story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrating talent Rebecca Cobb. When I started reading this book I wasn't sure where it was going as I didn't think there'd be much to a story about paper dolls but I was pleasantly surprised about the ending. The children enjoyed looking at each of the paper dolls and seeing all the places the young girl took them and it made them want to make some paper dolls too. I really like the ending and how we see that even if something or someone is gone they're still in our memories. This is a hard concept for young children to understand but the book shows it beautifully. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Paper Dolls explores fictional objects, memory, and artistic creation by following a little girl and her paper dolls.

In response to the demise of the dolls, both my girls made their own paper dolls, the eldest from a book where they could be cut out and designed, and my 6-year-old made her own jellyfish versions! (She has a particular interest in jellyfish, the reasons for this are known only to herself!)’nbsp; Make paper dolls The Paper Dolls is the story of a young girl who makes some paper dolls which she plays with and takes them on adventures but one day when a boy cuts them up they end up in her memory instead. I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.Design Your Own Potato Character Activity - Develop your kid's imagination by letting them create a new character. This is the perfect way to encourage children to talk to each other when creating their character and discussing why they chose every feature. You can use some parts of this worksheet alongside our papers dolls cut out template. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him). The thing that really spoilt this otherwise quite lovely story for me was the scene where a boy cuts the dolls up, he is smiling and knows what he is doing and apart from the fact this is such a sad and mean thing to happen to these little paper dolls with names the boy faces no consequences for his actions, his behaviour is not even mentioned. If I had read this to my daughter when she was younger not only would she have felt very sad for the poor dolls she would have wanted to know why the story didn't atleast have the boy looking and saying sorry. Although some might say it is realistic that mean and sad things happen and you don't always get an apology I think books aimed at young children have a responsibility to encourage positive behaviour and the boy in this story just gets away with it and the girl just has to accept the destruction of something precious to her and neither of those things are fair or positive in my opinion. use this paper doll template can be used for getting to know your students by having them draw a self-portrait on their paper doll template and label it with their name and an interesting fact about themselves Your child will use their imagination to draw, write, and colour this paper doll template to replicate their favourite character from a book or their favourite scientist or historian.

Read the book aloud pausing when your child would like to talk about what is happening in the story or pictures. Pause when the boy cuts up the dolls. What would children like to happen next? Join in This printable paper doll template is designed to encourage creativity and creative development in your child, it allows them to express themselves in an entirely different way to what they are used to.A boy with a pair of scissors, snipped the dolls into little pieces. Did the paper dolls mean a lot to the little boy? Paper People of All Abilities - This wonderful resource is a brilliant activity you can use to help teach your children how to make people paper chains! They will have to cut along the lines to make two strips of paper, fold parts of the paper and cut around the person outline. The resource comes with clear step-by-step instructions, so you can be sure that everyone will get their own paper chain. You can use it alongside our paper doll cut out template. Have you ever created something that you are very attached to? What was it? Why are you attached to it? What does it mean to you? Using a shoe box children can put in a few special things, objects, photographs and drawings. They could decorate the box to make it look special with wrapping paper and label it ‘my memory box’. Encourage your child to tell another member of the family about their memory box and what is inside. This would be an opportunity for older family members to share memories with your child too. Find out more

Paper People Chain Template - Create a paper people chain with the help of your children using this easy template. They can colour the people after they cut the chain out of the template. This colourful chain will look lovely in your classroom. Finally, the last set of discussions touches the subject of artistic creation. The paper dolls were designed by the little girl with some help from her mother. (Later in the book, when the little girl is an adult, she too helps her daughter create paper dolls.)

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Why not use this All About Me Activity Booklet alongside this paper doll template to let your students tell you more about themselves. Why is it important for children to be creative? Use this creative resource to allow your little learners to share information about themselves with their peers. Getting every pupil in your class to complete a paper doll will give you material to create a beautiful display in your classroom to celebrate the similarities and differences between your learners. Encourage them to share facts about themselves through drawings and simple words. It will also give them visual ways to learn about their new peers.

use this resource in History lesson by asking students to draw a historical figure and write facts that they have learned Creativity can often help a child to develop their problem-solving skills and adapt to new ways of thinking.People create items all the time: pieces of art, crafts, useful and useless objects, fun objects, etc. What is the relationship between the creator and the creation? Questions for Philosophical Discussion Existence of fictional objects and characters/Imagination Well, the book is simply about a young girl with five paper dolls who then goes on an imaginary adventures with them - until a boy came along and cut the dolls into pieces. I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs.