We have been busy practising the songs and actions in preparation for our Nativity which we will be performing in a couple of weeks time. One of the lines from our first song is 'It was a special night, the stars were shining bright'. With this in mind, we shared one of the books written by our focus author for this term, 'Night Monkey, Day Monkey' by Julia Donaldson. This lovely book not only has an insight into some of the differences between night and day, but shows how by learning about each other's opposite worlds, the two monkeys also learn to be the best of friends. Part way through the story, Day Monkey spotted something . . . "Hey!" said Day Monkey. "There's a banana! How does it manage to fly?" Night Monkey laughed and said, "Don't be daft, that banana's the moon in the sky." Olivers said that this was his favourite part and when talking about the Day Monkey he also recalled that "He was scared of bats." Jesse enjoyed joining in with the repetitive text of 'Don't be daft' which the two monkeys said to each other whenever one or other was confused by something they had seen or heard. Throughout the book we drew attention to the rhyming words and afterwards Jack said "The parrots and the carrots - they rhyme!" We also considered if there were any parts of the story that the children didn't like, and Harry C told us "Monkey likes eating the nanas, I didn't like that bit cause I don't like bananas! I didn't like the nana in the night." Do you prefer the day time or the night time? Or perhaps there are aspects of both that you enjoy, we would love to hear your thoughts!
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LAURA LEFEVRE
11/27/2023 02:39:30 am
Oh me and Freya have loved this book since we found it in a charity shop ages ago - before being a Mum I was defo a night owl but now I prefer the day light hours - thank you for all you do for our children
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