This became a firm favourite of my son's after one read. He loves it. The book is very fun and you open the pages downwards. The pictures are, bright, detailed and clear and are all in frames which make them stand out. The words are written in nice, easy to read sentences and there is some repetition. The best part is the ending where there is a big open out page with a surprise picture.
Activities
Draw your home
Naming different homes competition
Dancing/musical chairs
Make a box guitar
Make a box drum
Pogo stick jumping
Jumping assault course
Long jump
Skipping
Floating boats
Box town and King Kong
Noisy foods
Gorilla pancakes
Indoor
The book is based inside the people's homes and they hear noises but it's not always what it sounds like and imaginations tend to run wild. A nice starting activity could be for your child/children to draw the home where they live. They could do this from the outside and the inside. Older children could have a competition to see who can come up with the most different types of homes that they can think of. The fandango is a type of dance mentioned in the book so you could do some dancing with your child/children or play musical chairs. One person thinks that there is a rock and roll band above them so you could make a box guitar or box drum with your child/children. To make a guitar use a cereal box as the frame put the tube from some wrapping paper or from some kitchen roll into the cereal box so that it is sticking out of one end. Cut a circle on the front of the box and add some string going from one end of the box to the other. A guitar has six strings but you can do as many or as few as you like. Then put some lolly pop sticks at the end and add a strap and away you go. To make a drum you could use an old tin can and cover it with a piece of balloon that is taut and secure with tape or string. Use a stick or your hands to drum.
Outdoor
Jumping on pogo sticks is mentioned so your child/children could go jumping on pogo sticks if you have one available. If not you could set up some kind of jumping assault course for them to have a go at just using different things around the house. They could start jumping over little items like a tin of beans and then they could get bigger or you could do long jump with your child/children. Skipping is mentioned so you could do skipping with your child/children. For a wet play activity you could make some boats with your child/children and then they could float them in a paddling pool or large bowl outside. To make a boat you could use the bottom of a carton of juice as the boat and then make a sail using some paper or material and use a lolly pop stick as the mast. The surprise ending with King Kong definitely needs to be celebrated so you could make a box town with your child/children and then they could use a toy gorilla or dress up as King Kong and then they can either destroy the town or just scare the people in it. To make a box town you need different sized boxes and then turn them into different buildings using coloured pens, paper and paint.
Cooking/Food
There isn't any food mentioned in the book but there is a family who eat their food very noisily so you could have a play about with some noisy foods. Some of the ones I can think of are; spaghetti, apples, carrots and milkshakes. These are all noisy and you could discuss the different noises as your child/children eat them. For a King Kong inspired dessert you could make (or buy) pancakes and cover them in chocolate spread and then use bananas to make a gorilla face.
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