A modern classic named one of the best culturally diverse picture books. Handas surprise activity a fun sensory exploration with fruits. Gather some fruit and use this for data handling activities. Eyfs activities book activities activity ideas handas surprise surprise ideas picture cards picture books surprise pictures story sack a wide range of early years resources, linked to. It follows the adventure handa has of taking seven delicious fruits to her friend in the next african village and what happens to them along the way. Music making handas surprise a simple technique for making up a song using the names of the fruit in the book handas surprise it looks attractive too. This clever, simple story, set in kenya, tells of handa s journey from her home to her friends village with a present of fruit that she has picked specially. This links with our topic of travel and transport and will be learning even more about the setting of the book kenya. Handas surprise eileen browne teaching resources for key stage 1 year 1. A modern classic named one of the best culturally diverse picture books in the uk. Handas surprise the story handas surprise, the much loved childrens book by eileen browne, is brought to life through puppetry, music and dance by the little angel theatre.
Story primary resources african surprise primary resources. Handas surprise by eileen browne, illustrated by eileen browne, in this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend. As she walks across the kenyan plain a variety of animals steal the fruit without her knowing. Handas surprise matching fruit game a fun card game for the story of handas surprise. This could be compared to the diets of the other animals in the book and would be a. When she arrives at her friends village, handa gets a surprise. A small workbook of activities based on handas surprise developed for sen or young children. Handas surprise by eileen browne, illustrated by eileen browne, in this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called handa puts seven delicious fruits. Handa s surprise october 2017 tour little angel theatre. Handas surprise is a fun, colorful book for children. This week the children were working with the book handas surprise and they took part in a range of activities based on the book.
Notes for living on planet earth share this wonderful book with your children and try some of our related teaching ideas and classroom activities. Eyfs activities counting activities book activities early years displays handas surprise africa day fruit kebabs reception class creative area multicultural activities, preschool activities, activities for kids, outdoor activities, handas surprise. Handas surprise planning year 1 teaching resources. Planning reception handas surprise teaching resources. Handas surprise, by eileen browne, is a beautiful colourful picture book. Since then it has played in many london theatres, schools, holloway prison and at the guardian hay festival. Why not listen and then try some of the activity ideas below. Playdough activities, book activities, handas surprise, surprise. Explore our long list of teaching ideas and activities for some inspiration.
Book links eileen rowne has written several other childrens books including handas hen which is the follow on for handas surprise. Handas surprise walker paperbacks by browne, eileen. In this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend. Google for activities and extensions to this book order the fruit, animals, etc. This can lead into creating the fruit salad writing activity. Sheets include cut and paste fruit for handas basket, sortin. A set of cut out characters, animals and fruit from the story of handas surprise. Handa decides to take seven pieces of delicious fruit to her friend, akeyo, who lives in the neighbouring village. This term in literacy we are using the book handas surprise by eileen browne. A selection of activities for each area of learning, with links to development matter objectives. Handas surprise extension activities castle view academy. My children love this book and it has been used to expand their vocabularies of fruit, animals, and colours over the past few years. Handas surprise needs of living things, diet, animals stem.
When the basket is empty more fruit fall into the basket and at the end there is a surprise for not only handas friend but for handa too. Make a fruit salad to share with your family write a thank you. Handas surprise and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Handas surprise activities primary resources primary.
My children love this book and it has been used to expand their vocabularies of fruit. But as akeyo wonders, i wonder what fruit akeyo will like. Eyfs activities nursery activities book activities handas surprise fruit animals continuous provision learning stations nursery school international day. Worksheets are handas surprise, handas surprise, handas surprise fruit game, unit of work exploring different. Year 1 handas surprise using talk for writing, story mapping and retelling and changing the story for children to write their own versions. Book activities preschool activities handas surprise harmony day weird fruit story sack preschool rooms apple theme play based learning what others are saying orange, red berry.
Handas surprise is a book where the illustrations work with the text to tell the story. A printable a4sized word mat with words and pictures linked to the story of handas surprise by eileen brown. Eileen browne is a bestselling author and illustrator, well known for her picture book classic, handas surprise, and its sequel, handas hen, both of which have been adapted into. A small workbook of activities based on handa s surprise developed for sen or young children.
Ideal for use in story retelling activities and on story maps. A colourful banner for your handas surprise display. Handa journeys to another village to surprise her friend with a basket of fruit but the surprise turns out to be on handa. From the beginning, we have had lots of questions that we wanted answering about the story e. Can the children match the descriptions from the book to each high quality downloadable teaching. Importantly, the words to the book are different to what the pictures showsay. Includes pictures of animals and fruit which can be used for retelling the story. Handas surpriseworksheetsthe gruffaloenglish bookteaching resourcesliteracyactivitieswritinghow to plan. The illustrations in the book are absolutely fantastic and almost tell the story without the words being there. But on handas walk she passes a variety of animals who find her fruit very inviting. In 2004, handas surprise was made into a theatre production by the little angel theatre, london.
This book is a great one for integration, there is. Publication date 1994 topics fruit, fruit, animals, friendship. The book is set in a kenyan village in africa, handa puts seven different delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend akeyo as a surprisebut handa s walk takes her past a variety of animals, and the fruits. Displaying all worksheets related to handas surprise. The book is set in a kenyan village in africa, handa puts seven different delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend akeyo as a surprisebut handa s walk takes her past a variety of animals, and the fruits do look very inviting. In the story handa is taking a surprise bowl of fruit on a journey to her friend akeyo. It follows the adventure handa has of taking seven delicious fruits to her friend in. Eileen has written books with kit wright and floella benjamin. Handa decides to take a basket of seven delicious fruits to her friend akeyo. Sheets include cut and paste fruit for handa s basket, sorting inital sounds. Handa carries seven delicious fruits to her friend akeyo as a surprise but thanks to some hungry animals she meets along the way its handa whos in for a surprise. On her way, and without her knowing, different animals each take a fruit until there is nothing left in her basket and no surprise. This classic story with glorious pictures is read by miss. Making a fruit salad is a dt activity that links well with work on the story of.
Handas surprise needs of living things, diet, animals. Explore our long list of teaching ideas and activities for some. A printable a4sized word mat with words and pictures linked to the story of handas surprise. Handa decides to take seven pieces of delicious fruit to her friend, akeyo, who. Handas surprise theme with playdough and play people. It is such a fun book, with bright illustrations and an enjoyable, repetitive story which children love to hear and join in with. Handa carries seven delicious fruits to her friend akeyo as a surprise, but meets some hungry animals along the way. It introduces lots of interesting fruits, too the basis of a good fruit salad making session. See how we used this book to teach our children about new foods. We explored skins, seeds, taste and did the blindfold touchtaste test.
Handas surprise by eileen browne walker books handa sets off to visit her friend akeyo with a wonderful array of fruit in a basket on her head. Free printable teaching resources for handas surprise by eileen brown. Handas surprise by eileen browne is a favourite book in many early years classrooms. A weekly planoverview linked to the story handas surprise. Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, akeyo. This book came to me as a big book so im seeing the wonder of it in supersized illustrations which is a great way to share this fun adventure. Handas surprise is a fabulous childrens picture book that every early childhood teacher should use in their planning. Handa, a member of the luo tribe in southwest kenya, is heading away from the grass huts of her village. This resource can assist you in planning a whole terms worth of work. You could talk to your local book shop or library about linked activities.
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