Big red bath - storybook review
 

Early years preschool book reviews.
Homes and what's inside.

Big Red Bath written by Julia Jarman and Illustrated by Adrian Reynolds



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This is a fun book that uses descriptives, action words / Verbs to progress a bath time adventure ..

Verbs and action words from NHS Cambridgeshire speech and language website.

Ben and Bella are having a bath as one by one they are joined by a range of animals .. scratching, roaring, flip flop flapping .. the bubbles in the bath froth, rise, pop and the water splish splosh splashes .. until the bath takes off .. down the stairs, through the door and up up around the world twice before being towed back home by a flock of Flamingo ..

Themes this title compliments ..

Homes - househould items and routines
Time - routine, event that is re-occuring
All about me - keeping clean, hygiene
Colours - Red
Science and Shape - bubbles, water and circles
Geography - images of the world as a planet.
Awareness of the world - Land and oceans - mountains and plain.
Animals - Dog, Lion, Giraffe, Hippopotomus, Kangaro ..
Birds - Penguins, Duck, Flamingo
Reptiles - Turtle

Diversity and inclusion - there's room for everyone in the Big red bath. An interesting extention to this is access to baths and showers, sinks - hotels, caravans, tents ..

Build on and form your own mini topic or focus activities ..

Babies and baths - From Mothercare.com - Bathing products for babies
Please note this is not an affiliated link - please use the information to keep upto date with what's available in the shops ..
History of Public baths and laundries from The Museum of London
Roman Baths.co.uk - Bath Somerset.
Keywords - Bath, tap, pug, chain, overflow, towel, soap, shampoo, conditioner, sponge, flannel, toys ..

Craft ideas:

Use this Bath outline template to take bubble paint prints.



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Julia Jarman's new webite

New edition for this July - 2009 is 'Mine's bigger than your's written by Jeanne wills & illustrated by Adrain Reynolds, a great looking book for any Anti bullying policy resource list


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Have fun with all this and please add on any bath themed play ideas you have ..

I love this book - I met the author at a bookstart confrence a couple of years ago and she was an amazing speaker and read the book so well that the audience of adults were sat on the edge of there seats!!