The Lion Who Lost his Roar and Learnt to Draw by Paula Knight and Daniel Howarth and published by Quarto is a a lovely book about a noisy lion who roars too much and ends up getting a sore throat so he has to find something else to do. The pictures are vibrant and fun to look a and the story is written in short sharp sentences which are scattered on the pages and this adds to the beauty of the pages. There are also some activities to do at the back of the book so this is definitely an added bonus.
Activities
Drawing in mud/sand
Trip to a zoo or wildlife park
Follow the lion print tracks
Create a lion using things found outside
Male/Female lion discussion
Lion porridge
Fruit trees
Noisy food feast
Drawings using different materials
Lion masks
The Lion Who Lost his Roar and Learnt to Draw by Paula Knight and Daniel Howarth and published by Quarto is a a lovely book about a noisy lion who roars too much and ends up getting a sore throat so he has to find something else to do. The pictures are vibrant and fun to look at and the story is written in short sharp sentences which are scattered on the pages and this adds to the beauty of the pages. There are also some activities to do at the back of the book so this is definitely an added bonus.
Outdoor
The story was is set outside (as that's where lions live) so I though that I would start with the outdoor activities first. The first activity could be to draw some pictures or patterns in some mud or sand. You could encourage your child/children to draw shapes that you tell them or numbers or letters and this is good practice for them or you could just them draw what they want to. You could give them different sized sticks and see if there is one they prefer or they could draw with different things like stones or even their finger. If you wanted to get out and about you could have a trip to a zoo or wild life park to see the different animals. Another fun activity could be to draw some lion print tracks using chalk and then get your child/children to follow them. You could include some obstacles for them to jump over or go under and you could get them to walk, run, jump or hop along the tracks to make it more fun. A final outdoor activity could be to collect some leaves and twigs and then they could create a lion using the things that they found. If they find enough things then they could try and make one of the other animals from the story and it could be a good time to talk about male lions having a mane and that is how you can tell the difference between male and female lions.
Food/Cooking
For a breakfast lion inspired dish you could make porridge and then your child/children could decorate their porridge to look like a lion face. They could use apple slices to create the main and then blueberries or raisins for the eyes and nose. For a snack your child/children could make trees. If you can get hold of some long skewers then they can be made to look like trees if you put grapes on them one on top of the other and then you could put some orange pieces on the top to make them look like pine trees. A final food related activity could be to get different crunchy/noisy (when you eat them) foods and create a noisy feast. You could talk about all the noisy foods with your child/children and why they think some are noisier than others. Some examples could be crisps, popcorn or some cereals. Rice krispies are a brilliantly noisy food.
Indoor
A good activity inspired by this book would be to do some drawings. You could give your child lots of different materials to use like pens, crayons, felt tips and then you could also provide them with different papers for them to use their different pens etc. on and see if some work better than others and why. Another fun activity could be to make a lion mask with a paper plate and some orange and yellow paper or pens. If you have more than one child they could then act out the story and have fun pretending to be a lion. A final indoor activity could be to play misfits (we used to play this a lot when we were younger). Everyone starts with a piece of paper and they draw a head. Fold the paper down so the head is covered and everyone swaps paper and draws a neck, fold the paper down to cover the neck and swap. Then draw a body, fold the paper down and swap and then draw the legs. Everyone then opens up the paper to see what has been created.
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