Lost & Found
There once was a boy... and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him.
But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all...
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
There once was a boy... and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him.
But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all...
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
There once was a boy... and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him.
But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all...
If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
We love this book because it is:
about the importance of friendship
a perfect accompaniment to teaching about the continents
full of opportunities to extend through continuous provision
Learning opportunities:
PSED: loneliness
PSED: friendship
C&L: add some speech bubbles to the story. What would the penguin say to the boy at different points in the story?
C&L: introduction to similes (The waves were as big as mountains)
C&L: pack your own suitcase for the journey - what would you need now; what would you need later?
C&L; write a postcard home
C&L: share the children’s favourite stories as the boy does with the penguin
Science: floating & sinking
Science: habitats ~ penguins
Geography: continents ~ find Antarctica & the UK.
Geography: climates ~ look at how the temperature will change on their journey
