Somebody Swallowed Stanley

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Stanley swept into the sea with a splash and a splish. 'Perhaps he's one of us?' thought the other jellyfish. But his stripes were too straight and his tentacles too few. He just floated in the sea, not sure what to do. You see, Stanley was no ordinary jellyfish." Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class; Using Somebody Swallowed Stanley as a starting point, compare plastic and cotton shopping bags and help children to understand that plastic bags are bad for sea creatures when they end up in the ocean. Talk about the advantages of cotton bags over plastic bags (they are much more sturdy, and if cotton fabric is thrown away it doesn’t harm wildlife in the same way). Provide plain cotton bags, non-toxic fabric paint and printing resources, and let children decorate their own bags. Use the children’s creations throughout the setting to demonstrate the versatility of fabric bags. Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Rewrite the story (or a part of it) in the form of a playscript. What would Stanley and the animals say? Stanley is a plastic bag and we all know what happens next—Somebody Swallowed Stanley. Stanley escapes from the first creature only to be swallowed by a series of other creatures. Stanley doesn’t mean to hurt anyone, but he doesn’t belong in the sea. (Who knew you could feel sorry for a plastic bag?) Eventually, Stanley is rescued from the ocean and put to better use where he can no longer be a danger to unwary sea creatures—a happy ending for everyone.

We have taken some of the lovely vocabulary used in Somebody Swallowed Stanley and create this resource. Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps Balloons are interesting items and fun to explore – as Kipper and the little boy in The Blue Balloon discover. Experiment yourself. What happens when you blow up a balloon and let it go, or draw on a deflated balloon with a marker pen and then blow it up, or if you’re brave enough to try squeezing and squashing a balloon, or if you put a water-filled balloon in the freezer? What do balloons filled with water and cornflour feel like? Try introducing different shaped balloons and modelling balloons. 9 | Coloured balloons Somebody Swallowed Stanley is a gorgeously illustrated book with a critical message—highly recommended. Collect and sort the different types of waste from your classroom in a day or a week. Use this data to create graphs and charts. Can you use this information to think of ways to reduce your waste in the future?

Your class will identify the two words that rhyme at the end of the sentences and colour them the same colour. Then your class will match up the rhyming words again and think of their own rhyming word for each.Somebody Swallowed Stanley is a story about the dangers of plastic pollution and tells us how we can reuse our plastic to make sure it doesn’t end up being eaten by sea creatures! Understanding the World ELG The Natural World. Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter. Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and –when appropriate – maps. Such a clever concept and hilarious at the same time! Cannot wait to read to KS1 classes - have already read it to most of the close adults in my life and they all think it's brilliant!

Good and useful to read with younger children when teaching Science or the topic of materials and using plastic and the effects it has especially on animals under the sea.- powerful message Read to my three year old at bedtime, who cried out, frustrated, about three quarters of the way through “this is boah-wing to me! It’s yust Stanley gets swallowed again and again!”. We switched to something else, which she listened to for precisely 22 seconds before she was dead asleep. So I don’t think her review was legit. I really liked the illustration, myself. She sort of has a point about the story, but that’s just, like, her opinion, man. TL;DR: exhausted child irrationally hates everything. Along with characters and endings, the setting plays an important part in a story. Focus on the illustrations in a picture book to help children identify where the narrative events are taking place. Make a recycling diary for your home to record the different types (and amounts) of waste that you recycle in a week. Understanding the World ELG: People, Culture and Communities. Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps.Understanding the World ELG: The Natural World. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around