I am Gruffalo Mad!
I’ve been a huge fan of the Gruffalo from the first time I read the story. It’s different and unique and sparks the children’s imagination. There are thousands of lesson plans you can use from the Gruffalo, and I’ve gone a little bit Gruffalo Mad!
My husband will say I don’t need an excuse to spend money, but with a Gruffalo lesson week coming up, I couldn’t resist!
I am teaching a rhyming lesson, but I didn’t want the children to only be involved in rhyming, I wanted them to have a rounded experience of the Gruffalo so the resources I have are:
- Gruffalo role play
- Gruffalo story sequencing
- Gruffalo large pairs matching
- Gruffalo small pairs matching
- Matching the written description to the picture (that’s to challenge my highers)
- Matching rhyming pairs, so ‘snake’ would be paired with ‘lake’ for example
- Making a Gruffalo’s child puppet
- Writing the roasted fox, owl icecream, scrambled snake and Gruffalo crumble recipes
- A maze (for fine motor skills)
- Story writing frames if the children would like to write their own Gruffalo story
- And a Gruffalo puppet
- I also have in my classroom a matching rhymes game that isn’t Gruffalo related
The Gruffalo is one of those fantastic books that is completely versatile and has lots of different elements you can incorporate into a thematic curriculum.
Like I said, I’m doing a rhyming lesson. I want to share my resources, however I use pictures that I find on the internet in my work and I’m not sure about the copyright.
What I can do is point you towards some fantastic resources for Gruffalo lessons online!
 | The Official Gruffalo Website Obviously the best source of activities for the Gruffalo, straight from the author and illustrator. I’m on this website a lot! |
 | Primary Treasure Chest This website absolutely is a treasure! So many wonderful resources, I would definitely recommend the site! You can download which ever activities are suitable for your class. |
 | Twinkl Twinkl have some lovely Gruffalo resources. They’re not the Gruffalo drawings but close enough to see the resemblance. And there is always Sparklebox. |
I also bought some of my resources from Amazon. Amazon has a lot of different resources but I was on a budget so the ones I bought were:
 | A Gruffalo hand puppet Actually a really nice quality puppet, the mouth and the arms can be animated and it comes with a mouse finger puppet. £19.39 on 14.11.12 |
 | Gruffalo rhyming and snap game Lovely quality card games with bright, colourful pictures. A snap game and a rhyming pairs game. £4.72 on 14.11.12 |
 | Gruffalo activity book Lots of lovely activities to use at home and in the classroom, and some stickers! £2.95 on 14.11.12 |
 | Gruffalo colouring book Exactly what it says, with a word search, cross word and maze. Suitable for all ages. £2.95 on 14.11.12 |
If anyone knows about copyright could you let me know and I will share the rhyming pairs game which I’m using for silly soup and the matching pairs game, if it’s allowed.
I will publish my lesson plan next time but the main activity I’m doing is Silly Soup. I am hoping that the fun resources will make up for the main activity not being a ‘wow’ activity.
Oh! And of course! Buy the Gruffalo! I already have two copies of the book at home, because one just isn’t enough!
 | The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Sheffler. |
No comments:
Post a Comment