Froglet Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 So, I was browsing pinterest as you do (the bread dough is rising, the tomato soup is simmering and the ironing is looking at me) and came across a book clock. Like this one here: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/AQfPtxE_rr59nyodxd6QVBtWaVD1A__jfJOfzS1Tcy18gOIsy6S2CzY/ I was pondering whether it would be possible to do a children's version so started trying to come up with possible books to use. So far I've managed 101 Dalmatians (!) and Five Children and It neither of which were quite what I had in mind so I thought I'd put it out there as a bit of a FSF challenge - can any suggest ideas for picture books that I could create a book clock out of?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 One Yellow Lion by Matthew Van Fleet (Goodreads Author) 4.17 · Rating details · 86 ratings · 11 reviews Every page contains a surprise in this active picture book, filled with countable, colorful critters to engage the very young. Each spread features a number word from one to ten, a color word, and an Arabic numeral, folding out to reveal one or more lively animals. (bit too young really I think, but you haven't said which age group you are looking for) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) A little more tricky than I first imagined Froglet, no wonder you have put this out to the Brains Trust😂 Never heard of this one, but found it on line, Two Frogs by Chris Wormell 3 Little Pigs or various versions of this, i.,e 3 little robots (ours loved that) or The Wolf and the 3 bad pigs (sure you know which one I mean) Secret 7 Edited April 12, 2021 by Panders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 Thanks Panders - it was much harder than I thought - definitely Brains Trust needed! It was more that I liked the idea and wondered if it was possible and was thinking it would be a nice way to give my class (year 1) a reading goal - we currently have 'Can you read a rainbow?' where I've copied the covers of 7 books which are broadly each colour of the rainbow and put it up on the wall. I used books that we had in school and it definitely increased interest. To be honest, my next 'theme' for my classroom is around sunflowers/growing/art/sculpture - I'm aiming for my reading corner to be a reading garden. We made a house for the 3 pigs last term out of large cardboard boxes and I'm wanting to turn that into a garden shed that they can read in (need to find some small torches - it's dark in there). It was just that the clock idea intrigued me. You had some interesting ideas - and my class love the Three little wolves and the big bad pig! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 The Wolf and the 7 Kids (Grimms Fairy Tales) The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Grimms) Grimm seems to have a few numbers within his titles, but I doubt whether they would be individual books these days. How about Aesop's Fables - maybe choosing 12 of those for the children to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Panders said: The Wolf and the 7 Kids (Grimms Fairy Tales) The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Grimms) Grimm seems to have a few numbers within his titles, but I doubt whether they would be individual books these days. How about Aesop's Fables - maybe choosing 12 of those for the children to read? Great ideas! Maybe we should write our own story clock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Six dinner Sid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Loved 6 Dinner Sid. 5 Minutes to Bedtime Katie Ellison (a pirate story - our children liked that one) Just one of those days Jill Murphy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 I've discovered that if you google 'children's picture books' + the number you get some ideas. Might be an excuse to buy more books... ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 What a lovely idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 It takes two to Twit twoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Cait said: It takes two to Twit twoo I'm going to look that one up! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Froglet said: I'm going to look that one up! Thank you! It’s a lovely book! All about how one owl calls ‘Twit’ and another replies ‘twoo’ It seems that a lot of folk think that tawny owls call ‘twit-twoo’ when actually that’s two owls, one responding to another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Froglet said: I'm going to look that one up! Thank you! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Note to self - you do not need to buy any new books 🤣 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 hours ago, sunnyday said: Note to self - you do not need to buy any new books 🤣 I was wondering when we'd hear from you! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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