Theo’s Ball Maze: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 4. 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.

passage: A space that something can move through.
junction: A place where routes meet.
mislead: Give someone the wrong idea about what to do.
supported: Held partly or fully by something else.
challenge: Something that needs thought or effort.

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

Make a flat maze for one large toy ball. Check that every intended passage is wide enough, then ask a user to try a short reversible dead end.