Travelling Tales - Handa’s Surprise from Hope Education

Travelling Tales - Handa’s Surprise from Hope Education

ABMT13556

Product code: ABMT13556

Everybody loves a good fable! In Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne, a text that covers the themes of friendship and animals, Handa decides to take a basket of taste sensations to her friend over in the next village, but animals along the way have other plans. Your class are sure to love this cheeky and fun story set in Kenya, part of the Travelling Tales series from Hope Education. 

With Travelling Tales, Handa's Surprise, a range of resources can be used to explore other cultures in a series of lessons based around quality texts. We have included finger puppets of Handa and the cheeky animals, as using a multi-sensory approach to storytelling is beneficial to young learners, Handa comes across to help you tell the story in a memorable way. Also in this Travelling Tales sack are Story Talk sequencing cards that can be used by learners to re-tell the story and a traditional African game and instrument can be used to help pupils make cross-curricular links between their learning.

What's in the Travelling Tales sack:

  • 1 x copy of Handa's Surprise Book
  • 1 x set of finger puppets**
  • 1 x set of Story Talk sequencing cards
  • 1 x traditional African game**
  • 1 x traditional African instrument**
  • 16 x Animal Masks**
  • 1 x storytelling mat**
  • 1 x Teacher Guide**

Contents may vary from description due to availability

**Products are not affiliated with, or approved by, Eileen Browne or Walker Books Limited

  • This Travelling Tale features quality texts from a well known author, great for sharing with children; the patterned language provides opportunities for choral reading and retelling, naturally encouraging audience participation.
  • Each bag provides a window into a new world where the children can learn new ideas and information allowing children to create their own play with the characters, further developing vocabulary and language.
  • The games in the sack link to the text and provide the opportunity to work collaboratively and promote turn taking, whilst also extending and developing the story. 
  • Explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them, participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say.
  • Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. 
  • Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics. 

Everybody loves a good fable! In Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne, a text that covers the themes of friendship and animals, Handa decides to take a basket of taste sensations to her friend over in the next village, but animals along the way have other plans. Your class are sure to love this cheeky and fun story set in Kenya, part of the Travelling Tales series from Hope Education. 

With Travelling Tales, Handa's Surprise, a range of resources can be used to explore other cultures in a series of lessons based around quality texts. We have included finger puppets of Handa and the cheeky animals, as using a multi-sensory approach to storytelling is beneficial to young learners, Handa comes across to help you tell the story in a memorable way. Also in this Travelling Tales sack are Story Talk sequencing cards that can be used by learners to re-tell the story and a traditional African game and instrument can be used to help pupils make cross-curricular links between their learning.

What's in the Travelling Tales sack:

  • 1 x copy of Handa's Surprise Book
  • 1 x set of finger puppets**
  • 1 x set of Story Talk sequencing cards
  • 1 x traditional African game**
  • 1 x traditional African instrument**
  • 16 x Animal Masks**
  • 1 x storytelling mat**
  • 1 x Teacher Guide**

Contents may vary from description due to availability

**Products are not affiliated with, or approved by, Eileen Browne or Walker Books Limited

  • This Travelling Tale features quality texts from a well known author, great for sharing with children; the patterned language provides opportunities for choral reading and retelling, naturally encouraging audience participation.
  • Each bag provides a window into a new world where the children can learn new ideas and information allowing children to create their own play with the characters, further developing vocabulary and language.
  • The games in the sack link to the text and provide the opportunity to work collaboratively and promote turn taking, whilst also extending and developing the story. 
  • Explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them, participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say.
  • Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. 
  • Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics. 

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