Peter’s Picnic Plan: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 1. An adult reads the questions and clues aloud. Children can talk, point, sign or choose an answer. For Jumbled Words, show the matching vocabulary word and build it together; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

before: Earlier than something else.
after: Later than something else.
prepare: Get something ready.
pack: Put things into a bag or container.
tidy: Put things away in their places.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Tell the picnic story in order. Explain one thing that needed to happen before something else. Use three or four drawings to retell a familiar routine. Explain what happens before and after each event and discuss which steps depend on earlier ones.