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BOOKS FOR TEACHERS CATALOGUE

If you are a teacher or home school teacher, this Books for Teachers catalogue is designed to make your life easier while providing a broad range of student worksheets and activities to make your students’ learning both fun and interactive.

With books and resources ranging in age from 3 years to 12 years, we’ve got you covered.

Books and resources are linked to curriculum with printable PDFs provided to you for classroom use.

I’d Rather Eat Chocolate is suitable for foundation/pre-primary through to Year 4 students and covers themes around healthy habits.

Purchase the I’d Rather Eat Chocolate resource pack here (note free shipping!) https://funreads4kids.bigcartel.com

Alternatively, peruse all the available books and resources by downloading the full catalogue here Books for Teachers Catalogue

 

FREE Competition – Enter the Great Chocolatey-Vegetable Easter Hunt! 

COMPETITION DESCRIPTION

With Easter being all about chocolate, the Easter Bunny, in conjunction with Narelle Wynter (author of I’d Rather Eat Chocolate) are searching high and low for the best chocolatey-vegetable recipes.

You can create your own recipe, or adapt an existing recipe (please acknowledge the source). An adult may help you write it down, and you can illustrate your recipe OR take a photo of you with your completed dish. Each recipe must feature at least one vegetable and chocolate/cocoa/cacao.

COMPETITION ENTRY FORM

Entry form editable

Prizes will be awarded to first and second places.

These prizes consist of:

  • Signed copy of I’d Rather Eat Chocolate hardcover book
  • Sturdy canvas child-sized veggie shopping tote bag
  • Montessori Mates Mini Chef Kids Cooking Kitchen Utensils set and Mini Chef Apron and Hat 

VALUE OF EACH PRIZE: $136.93

Entrants will also receive a collation of the submitted recipes 

GOOD LUCK!!

 

Ideas for using ‘I’d Rather Eat Chocolate’ for educational/teaching purposes.

This story has been linked to the Australian National Curriculum version 9.0 (2023) for Foundation to Year 2.  Home | V9 Australian Curriculum   

If you are a teacher or home school your child, please email narelle@funreads4kids.com.au to receive a FREE digital copy of all the Teacher Notes and classroom worksheets for your students, when you purchase a copy of ‘I’d Rather Eat Chocolate’ via this website.

FOUNDATION / PRE-PRIMARY 

Health and Physical Education and English

sample 1.F Making healthy and safe choices1 sample 2.F Making active choices sample 3.F Foods for sorting 1.F Language for expressing ideas 2.F Engaging with and responding to literature 3.F Creating literature 4.F Phonics and word knowledge 

YEAR 1 / YEAR 2

Health and Physical Education and English

1. sample Yr 1 Yr 2 Making healthy and safe choices 2.sample Y1 Yr2 Foods for sorting 1.1 Language for interacting with others 1.2 Text structure and organisation 1.3 Language for expressing and developing ideas 1.4 Creating literature

Early literacy

  • Rhyming – what else rhymes with….
  • Phonological awareness eg What other foods start with ‘x’ sound; taking turns to tap out the syllables for certain words from the book; clapping or putting hand up when they hear a particular word or phrase eg ’if it’s true what you say’

Early language

  • Exploring animals, sub-classes of animals (farm animals, wild animals, animals that fly, hibernating animals, furry animals)
  • Exploring vegetables and sub-classes
  • Getting children to draw and write about their favourite vegetables
  • Memory re-call – eg. which animal ate which veggie; which veggie resulted in which characteristic; sentence completion tasks

Health

  • Exploring healthy foods – why are they healthy; researching recipes featuring specific vegetables (can also use the ones provided in the story); creating their own recipes; discussing what makes foods healthy vs not-so-healthy
  • Exploring outdoor activities children like to engage in and why
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