Stone Age Boy

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Based on the popular children’s book ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura, this comprehension pack contains four different texts for children to explore: The Stone Age, Finding Food, Working with Flint, and Inside the Dark Cave. The pack also includes a comprehensive teacher guide along with a handy answer sheet to make marking as easy as possible! Step back 15,000 years as a modern boy enters a Stone Age village and learns a few prehistoric tricks of the trade. Pupils could be asked to make a list of the ways life in the New Stone Age was different to life in the Mesolithic period: did it change a little or a lot?

He learned along with the reader which made the story feel like a much more personal and relatable experience. However, I would have preferred if the portraiture was a little longer with a little more detail and a little more fun. Using both the text and illustrations, learners are asked to think about the similarities and differences between the pair. a literacy/English unit of work with planning and resources based on Satoshi Kitamura's book, Stone Age Boy. It can be seen to be a way to introduce pre-historic subjects to children while also having a subtle message about occasionally stepping away from modern devices and not becoming so reliant upon technology.This Stone Age Boy Characters Comparison Activity encourages children to compare the two main characters, Om and the boy. Created in partnership with Walker Books, our activities are perfect to use with your learners in class or your own little ones at home.

Stone Age Boy concerns a young boy who wakes up and finds that he has somehow been transported back to the stone age. The book ‘Stone Age Boy’ is perfect to introduce children to the Stone Age in an engaging and child friendly way. I love how the main character was influenced by his Stone Age friend into becoming an archaeologist as an adult! Why not use these character profile worksheets or these fantastic storytelling prompts dice nets within your class?

Alongside this Stone Age Boy Reading Comprehension, we have a wealth of other resources to support reading this exciting story by Satoshi Kitamura.