- David McKee - book, teaching resources, story, cards, mat, sequencing, primary resources, play, Early Years (EYFS), KS1 & KS2 Primary Teaching Book List Animals. Read the story to an audience, using expression and sound effects. Bernard's parents ignored him in the story. Write a sequel to the story, explaining how Bernard escaped and managed to return home to his family. Home-Schooling With ‘What’s The Opposite?’’, Tell The Time (quarter to and quarter past), Start by sharing the book with your child. Can you design your own patterns? Sign up to our newsletter and get activities for your child's age. Have fun! The author uses the word 'said' a lot in the story.

These sheets are designed to be printed on A3 paper or photocopied to that size. Use Jill Tomlinson's wonderful book about Plop the baby barn own in your classroom. David McKee has written and illustrated over 50 picture books including Not Now, Bernard and the Elmer series. Could you retell the story in the form of a stop-motion animation? In this story a little boy called Bernard tries to warn his parents about a monster in the garden – but they’re too busy to listen so the monster eats him up! How should we behave when people are trying to speak to us? Write a newspaper article which tells people about Bernard's disappearance. ( Log Out /  Explore our library and use wonderful books in your lessons! ‘Not Now, Bernard’ by David McKee– Activities for EYFS and KS1. Friday 19th June – ‘What’s The Opposite?’ by Oliver Jeffers. How does it feel when people are ignoring us? They can even give their monster a name! Have you made a great resource? Bernard's parents are so busy doing their own thing, that the monster can eat Bernard's dinner, break his toys, and even eat Bernard, without being noticed!

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Why/why not? If you don’t have a copy of the book, you can watch a reading of the book on YouTube. Look at the expressions of the characters in each illustration. Write a story that explains where the monster came from. Can you think of speech / thought bubbles for each illustration in the story? Can you recreate these shades (and make your own) by mixing colours? This pack is for teachers working with children in the EYFS &Year 1. Registered in England - No: 09178280 VAT No: 199650845.

Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Look at the words 'There's' and 'It's'.

A display sharing the achievements of a media studies club. Don’t worry about beginning, middle or end, or if the story makes sense. In this story a little boy called Bernard tries to warn his parents about a monster in the garden – but they’re too busy to listen so the monster eats him up! Chat to your child about what they think a monster might look like. The ‘Not Now, Bernard’ Comic Strip Resource Pack Notes for Teachers This pack is designed to be used in conjunction with the ‘Not Now, Bernard’ Comic Strip Style Presentation.

Look at the different shades of each colour in the pictures. ( Log Out / 

© Teaching Ideas 1998-2020 How can we attract people's attention in a polite, positive way? It has ideas for exploring the themes and ideas in both the story and Unicorn stage production of ‘Not Now, Bernard’ using drama, dance, arts, craft, storytelling, puppetry and games. Look at the use of patterns in the illustrations. How did he end up in Bernard's garden? Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.

Download the book: Charlotte's Piggy Bank. The monster broke one of Bernard's robot toys. Does this improve the story?

Words for Life is created by the National Literacy Trust and supported by UK publishers with funding for its creation from the DfE and Kindred2. Could you use a connective to join some of them together? Read Charlotte’s Piggy Bank to find out what happens when a little girl gets a new present from her aunt which turns out to be very special. Change ). Give these to students when they are doing group work to encourage them to really think about the questions they ask.

Use a paint program to design a new monster or a family for the monster in the story. ( Log Out /  Have fun! Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Use David McKee's fantastic book Not Now Bernard as the starting point for learning in your classroom with our free teaching ideas and activities. Can you draw him in a happy mood? What Can you draw him in a happy mood? What will his face look like? Home-schooling activities for EYFS and KS1, inspired by ‘Not Now, Bernard’. Join our email newsletter to receive free updates! Learn how to tell the time in Maths, make monsters with the art activities, write a letter and a diary entry for Literacy and learn all about day and night in science!

Use these videos as the starting point for learning in your classroom! Answer Maths questions, but don't be the last one standing! Encourage your child to join in with the repetitions of “Not now, Bernard”. You can download the book below for free. Art The illustrations of Bernard usually show him with unhappy expressions.

Could you turn these into a story? You can download a monster drawing sheet below or just grab a piece of paper and pen or pencil. This week we’ll be learning to tell the time in Maths, making monsters in our art activities, letter writing for Literacy and learning all about day and night! Retell the story from the monster's point of view.

‘Not Now Write a story that explains what happens next.

Use comic-creation software (e.g. What will his body language show? Could you turn the story into comic strip? Look at the use of speech marks in the story. How are they feeling?

How do they think Bernard is feeling? Not Now Bernard activities Watch Not Now, Bernard by David McKee with your child and then have a go at drawing your own monster.