Hardie Grant Explore

June 2024

9781741178951

$24.99

Way back in March (and it really does feel like WAY back!) I was asked to create teaching notes for this sensational book and what a joyful task it was. This not only looks beautiful and fun, but is one of those wonderful teaching-by-stealth narrative non-fictions that kiddos eat up.

Your readers from as young as Prep up to Year 5/6 would all enjoy this and it has so much value to add to any unit of inquiry around the ocean or environment.

Neptune the moon jellyfish is one of the cutest narrators ever, not to mention an excellent tour guide. The narrative is loaded with figurative language which also makes it an invaluable resource to your English units. Karen Wasson has woven so many fun facts into this splendid exercise in information made exciting that it will be difficult to isolate those that are the most popular.

And I cannot speak highly enough of the truly sumptuous illustrations, which just buzz with as much life and beauty as the oceans and the jewels within themselves.

I would love to be delivering this as a unit with my class and even after the teaching notes had been sent off, I kept thinking or seeing more to add! And after all, we do have quite a fondness for sea jellies, they have special significance for us. I hope that you can find them useful as well and here’s a big 5 wave rating for this one 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊.

33 Ocean Activities

Why not have students write haikus about water in recognition of its importance to all life on earth? Check out these haiku examples to get started.