The amazing things you can do with just a handful of books for children!

1. The amazing things you can do with just a handful of books for children! with Nathalie Pariswww.nattalingo.co.ukTwitter: @NattalingoFacebook: @nattalingo Pinterest: Nattalingo YouTube: Nattalingo Productions LinkedIn: Nathalie Paris

2. How do you choose your books? What do you choose? How can you exploit the stories you have selected… with minimal preparation?

3. What is YOUR all-time favourite story to share with a class and why? How do you choose a good story? It is very personal… A good investment: how can you use a story/book over and over again?

4. SO WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE? • If you are going to buy only a handful of books, I recommend you make it these! • A story translated from English • A traditional story or fairy tale • A fun story which you and the children will want to revisit • A book of poetry • A children’s novel – to use extracts from

5. A story translated from English: “Les amis d’Elmer”, David McKee • A traditional story or fairy tale: “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge”, Charles Perrault • A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “Le loup qui voulait changer de couleur”, Orianne Lallemand & Eléonore Thuillier • A book of poetry: “Comptines en chocolat”, Corrine Albaut • A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “La 2CV la nuit”, François Place

6. A story translated from English: “De la cabeza a los pies”, Eric Carle • A traditional story or fairy tale: “La ratita presumida” • A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “La siesta perfecta”, Pato Mena • A book of poetry: “La tabla de multiplicar en verso”, Gloria Fuertes • A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “Cuentos de la selva”, Horacio Quiroga

7. A story translated from English: “WirgehenaufBärenjagd”, Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury • A traditional story or fairy tale: “Hänsel und Gretel”, Brüder Grimm • A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat“, WermerHoltzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch • A book of poetry: “Zauberwort: Die schönsten Gedichte für Kinder“, RotaHrenski & Christine Brand (with thanks to Angela McMachlan https://www.thelivelylanguagescompany.net/ ) • A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “Emil und die Detektive”, Erich Kästner

8. A story translated from English: “Walter Canis Inflatus”, William Kotzwinkle & Glenn Murray (bilingual) • A traditional story or fairy tale: “Fairy Tales in Latin: Fabulae Mirabiles”, Victor Barocas & Brad Rhodes • Fun stories which the children will want to revisit: “Minimus mini books”, Barbara Bell &Helen Forte • A book of poetry: Virgil • A children’s novel: “Winnie Ille Pu”, A.A. Milne

9. NOW I HAVE A BOOK… BUT WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY SELECTED STORY… with minimal preparation? • Different approaches to start with • What aspect of the story do you want to target? What do you want from it? • Decide your focus • Choose the activities, bearing in mind it will always help develop more than one skill at a time… • BASED ON AN EXAMPLE, “POUX!” by Stephanie Blake • NOW YOUR TURN… • As a group, please select one of the books on the table. • How could you use it? • Please write down all the ideas you come up with as I will collate and share them!

10. HAVE FUN choosing stories. GIVE IT A GO and share a new story with a class. Remember that PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. ASK IF YOU NEED ANY HELP!

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