You Choose!

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You Choose" is the sort of book you could focus on for a week or two, followed by another couple of weeks on just one aspect of the book that the children really showed an interest in, like animals or transport. Homes - the book has pictures of different kinds of homes - talk with the children about the kind of home they live in. Or you could make a door in a large box, and put a selection of things inside it for the children to feel and describe.

For example, if the children really like the idea of ice skating, ask them to help you make a pretend ice rink with a large sheet. Rhyming words and alliteration - have fun thinking of words that rhyme with choose (lose, snooze - include nonsense words). You could tell the same sort of story about a journey in a rocket - be guided by the children's interests.

Follow their lead and try to get some information on their favourites - a parent/visitor who does that job; books about it; role play resources etc.

If you've been referred to a specialist through the NHS e-Referral Service, booking your appointment online is easy, safe and secure. Disco dancing - in the section on what you would choose to put in your house there is a glitter ball and a lava lamp. Juliet is now officially employed by the FSF and Tapestry, working in product support and as an Education Advisor. The children could make some animal tails (fluffy bunny/stripy zebra/swishy horse/curly pig etc) for a 'guess whose tail this is? Counting - make sets of things from the book (vehicles/clothes/animals) and play some counting games.For example, have two toys that the children have to choose between and say why they chose the one they did. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. Ball games - practice ball skills outside with bats and balls - hitting, kicking, throwing, catching. And don't forget puppets, storyboards, props, role play and other books by the same author and illustrator. The children who walk could do their foot prints on the road, the children who go by car could roll a toy car dipped in paint, and the children who go by bus could find a larger vehicle with bigger wheels to make tracks with.

Collect together all sorts of small world animals (see the pets page) - include wild, safari, farm, domestic, and dragons! There are also opportunities to talk about activities it is not possible to do at the setting - like bungie jumping! Blowing bubbles - ask the children to help make big bubble wands out of wire and fill up some washing up bowls with bubble mixture and blow big bubbles outside. If you could go anywhere in the world, eat anything, live anywhere and choose absolutely everything about yourself, what would you choose?Make some hats - make simple cone shaped hats and let the children decorate them however they like, or give them the choice of transforming it into a clown's hat or a princess's. If they enjoy doing this, provide clip boards and paper and let the children go around on their own asking who likes what and making marks as part of their play. Sorting - use a doll's house and furniture as an opportunity to talk about sorting into rooms, counting and organising. Odd one out - Invite the children to make an interactive 'odd one out' display, using all sorts of groups of animals, with an odd one out.