Toys in Space

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NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.

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Read the story aloud to your child and enjoy it together stopping to talk about what happens when your child wants to discuss the pictures or what is happening. Talk about the storyMake sure everyone understands the idea of a ‘story within a story’ and draw attention to the way the toys help shape the action. Did Wonderdoll invent everything? Or did the adventure really happen? The toys see a shadow when they first arrive on the spaceship. How are shadows formed? Investigate what happens to shadows as objects move closer to the light source.

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Left outside in the garden one summer night, a group of toys - Blue Rabbit, Pink Horse, Small Sheep, Cowboy, Dinosaur, Robot and Wonderdoll - begin to feel worried in the dark. To pass the time until morning, Wonderdoll decides to tell them a story. If your parachutes don’t work, try using toys with less mass ( e.g. Playmobil or Lego…)or fitting something that will slow their descent. Award-winning illustrator Mini Grey uses inventive layouts and zany humour to add energy to every spread of this much-loved picturebook. Strong characterisation and an engaging moral dilemma bring the toys’ world sharply into focus, and there’s plenty for readers to observe and question.Why not give the silhouettes to another class and invite them to make the same response? Parachuting down to earth Share ideas inspired by this book and extend by reading other stories - there are lots of ideas at the bottom of this feature. Now consider what the toys think of the Hoctopize, and how do they feel? Write this outside the outline, then discuss as a class. Find out the cost of various toys and use the prices to make up some word problems. Can you ask a friend to answer these?