Environmental Learning for Classroom and Assembly at KS1 & KS2: Stories about the Natural World
About this ebook
The authors follow the tried and tested format of Stories for Classroom and Assembly and Stories for Circle Time and Assemblies. Each of the ten chapters includes an original themed story and is packed with lesson plans and cross-curriculum learning activities designed to save teachers’ valuable time. Leicester and Taylor combine the wonder of storytelling with topical environmental issues, covering plants, creatures and the planet. The book covers the full range of conservation, protection and enhancement themes, concepts and values whilst developing the following skills:
- literacy (including oracy)
- numeracy
- knowledge of the natural world
- imaginative development
- creative expression.
Making a highly topical and on-going subject accessible to children, this beautifully illustrated resource offers teachers assembly ideas, lesson plans and art activities all in one book.
About the author
Mal Leicester is Professor Emeritus at Nottingham University, based in the School of Education.
Denise Taylor is an entrepreneur and conservationist whose primary interests are in education and learning in wildlife conservation.
