Storybook for 5–7s
Our new versions of classic stories - 'Goldilocks' and 'Fast and slow', a reworking of the Hare and the Tortoise - have been created especially for 5-7 year-olds.
There are lots of ideas below for having fun sharing the stories with your child. Your child may already be familiar with the basic stories and enjoy predicting the outcomes.
Goldilocks
You can download or print off the PDF to read with your child. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, please click here to download the program.
Fast and Slow
You can download or print off the PDF to read with your child. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, please click here to download the program.
Before you read: Look at the cover and read the title. Ask
your child if they have heard this story before. Do they recognise the characters
on the cover?
If your child has heard the story at school, they will enjoy re-reading
it. Challenge them to join in with words they know.
As you are reading: Run your finger under the words as you are reading so that your child can make the link between the words you say and the printed text. Encourage your child to read the speech bubbles either with you or on their own if they are confident. They may be able to join in the rhymes and the repetition. Pause and give time to look at the pictures together. You could ask your child what the characters may be thinking, e.g. How do you think the Tortoise felt when Hare kept teasing him? How do you think Goldilocks felt when she got lost in the wood?
After you have finished: Be prepared to re-read the book if your child enjoyed it. Encourage them to join in as they get more familiar with it, e.g. by reading the speech bubbles or saying the repeated rhymes and repeated lines on their own.
Play the story: Join in with your child to act out the story, e.g. find soft toys or act out the parts yourselves. Use repeated phrases from the story and help your child to remember what happens next.
Make a breakfast: Work with your child to design and make your own healthy breakfast. It could be a treat on Sunday morning for whoever usually gets the breakfast. You could make menus and all eat together.
Make up races: Make up different types of races for family or friends. Include some that your child will manage better than you so that they can genuinely win, e.g. completing a jigsaw they know well, completing an obstacle race that involves crawling under a chair.