Aliens in Underpants Activity Pack

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Aliens in Underpants Save the World
By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
Reading to Children
A childs reading ability and love of reading is one of the single biggest indicators of how well they will do at school and in later life. There really is no greater gift you can give your child.
When reading to your child try the following:

Read the title with them and point to it Hold the book so they can see clearly Get them to help when turning the pages Engage them by reading in a clear and animated voice If there is a complicated or new word check your child understands itif not give an explanation and model its use in a sentence. Try use different voices and accents for the different characters this is fun for them but will also help them to understand which character is speaking. Point to the illustrations as you read, ask them questions like Why is he smiling? or What do you think will happen next?
ALIENS IN UNDERPANTS SAVE THE WORLD
BY CLAIRE FREEDMAN & BENCORT

Contents: P.1- Reading to Children P.2- Activity Ideas P.3- Philosophy Stimulus P.4- Songs & Music P.5 Printable Matching Game P.6&7- Printable Aliens P.8- Alien Size Sort Game P.9-10- Alien and Pants Templates
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Notes
N.B There are free resources at the back of this pack to help you complete the activities
While You Read

1. Look at the colours on pp.1-2 and pp.3-4 what are the main colours used? 2. How many fire engines are there on pp.9 -10? 3. How do the aliens save the world? 4. Can you spot the alien hiding on the last page?
Creative Play
Give children a template of a pair of underpants on card and get them to design their own pair (p.9) -*Younger children could colour in a print out of an alien (p.10) -*Make aliens out of toilet rolls and googley eyes -*Create a Story Bag for the book (see p.6)
Learning Games
Sort alien and underpants cut outs into small, medium and large (p.8) Do a treasure hunt using toy or cut out aliens (pp.6-7) Acts like an alien and walk round the room walking like an alien Act out the story as a play
Big Questions
Many childrens books make great stimulus for philosophical discussion. Dont be put off by the notion of philosophy kids are natural philosophers always asking why. Below are some of the Big Questions that arise from the book.

Notes
Is it OK to steal?
BIG QUESTION
Why is it wrong to steal? How would you feel if someone stole from you? Is it ever OK to steal? Why? Is it OK to do something naughty if something good will happen as a result? Why was it a good thing that the aliens stole the underpants from earth?
Literacy From the Book
Think of words beginning with A Think of words beginning with U Use the keywords matching game
When you read aloud get your children to shout out the last word of the second sentence i.e. the word that rhymes
Notes
Songs and Music

Sing this song about aliens:
THREE LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER
Three little men in a flying saucer Flew round the earth one day The looked left and right But they didnt like the sight So one of them flew away Two little men in a flying saucer Flew round the earth one day The looked left and right But they didnt like the sight So one of them flew away One little man in a flying saucer Flew round the earth one day He looked left and right But he didnt like the sight So he just flew away
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Alien
Underpants
Meteor
Earth
Fire Engine
You can use these aliens for the following:

The Story Bag The Treasure Hunt
Print out the pages cut out the individual images and then laminate if you want them to last. If you havent got a laminator then try print them out on to card.
For the Story Bag: Keep the images in a bag along with the book and any other props you have or can make. When you read the story empty out the story bag and get your children to act out the story and get involved as you read it to them. Other things you could include in the story bag are underpants, toy aliens, a picture of planet Earth, a picture of a meteor, a toy fire engine and so on.
For the Treasure Hunt: Hide the images of the six aliens around the room and get your children to find them.
You can use these aliens for the following: The Story Bag The Treasure Hunt
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By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

ALIENS IN UNDERPANTS SAVE THE WORLD

BY CLAIRE FREEDMAN & BENCORT

2 Aliens in Underpants Save the World

By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

While You Read

3 Aliens in Underpants Save the World

By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Literacy From the Book

4 Aliens in Underpants Save the World

By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Songs and Music

THREE LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER

For more free Early Learning Resources, visit my blog:

You can use these aliens for the following:

The Story Bag The Treasure Hunt

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