What the Ladybird Heard Next

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PowerPoint of What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson (apologies about some of the pictures) along with the shared reading prompts from the Scottish Book Trust. I love these ladybird suncatchers from Here Come The Girls which would look beautiful on display in a school or preschool window or in your childs room at home. She is keen to spread the word to the other animals on the farm, especially when the hen is in danger. A World inside a Book – The Gruffalo, Dragons and other Creaturesopens to the public on Saturday 21 October 2017 – September 2018.

Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler.

They’ve been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, but now they’re setting their sights higher and are planning to steal the fat red hen herself! There are some great free printable activities over on Kiddycharts which has got a What The Ladybird Heard colouring sheet, dominoes, find the ladybird activity and an activity to match the animal to the noise that they make. This rhyming mystery takes place on a farm, where a ladybird (for us North Americans, ladybug) witnesses a conversation between two thieves.

nI created this as the ladybird was just too hard for a whole class of kids to spot from the picture book! I’ve also done a round up of What The Ladybird Heard at the Seaside activities with crafts and printables suited to that book (mermaids and whales as well as ladybirds!

Play and Learn Everyday have a great What The Ladybird Heard story sack that would be perfect for younger children to play with. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. But when Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len hatch a plot to steal the fine prize cow, it’s the quietest animal of all who saves the day!

Think of some speech bubbles to show what the ladybird might be thinking at each point in the story. Fortunately, the quiet, clever ladybird is on their trail, and she and her farm animal friends have a plan of their own. Try out this easy pig craft, this sheep, or this ‘not quite a chicken craft but I think it’s close enough’ chick craft. Certainly an experience that is not to be missed as this will be something they will remember for years to come.

The cave collapses on them the animal make noise and the farmer finally investigates where he gets the bees to chase the robbers away. I made these cotton bud printed ladybirds with my daughter when she was a toddler and the post also contains a few ideas for how you could change this activity for different age groups. We have another wonderful set to share with you today, this time we are sharingPrintable What the Ladybird Heard activities. Print out the sheets, cut the dominoes and glue them to a piece of card to make your dominoes set more durable (and for it to last longer). Once upon a farm lived a ladybird, And these are the things that she saw and heard Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble.