Mr Wolf's Pancakes CANCELLED: A hilarious illustrated children’s book, perfect for Pancake Day - with a sparkling foil finish!

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In Nursery, we always get lemons to squeeze when joining in with pancake day celebrations. If you have a lemon squeezer and can add an extra lemon or two to your basket, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy squeezing lemons and talking about what’s inside the lemon. This is also a great activity for strengthening little fingers! A great story! The plot twist ending is super for questioning with children as to what the right thing to do is, you can use this as a discussion point. Should the wolf let the neighbours enjoy the pancakes even after the refused to help him? Then an element of humour and unexpected ending will hopefully make the children laugh. If you don’t mind a bit (or lot!) of mess, allow your child to enjoy ‘play baking’ pancakes with some flour, water and mixing bowls. Please may I borrow your basket?” he asked very nicely. ”I'm not lending my basket to you!” said Little Red Riding Hood. “Now, clear off!” So Mr Wolf set off to the shop without a basket. “I'll manage,” he said. Can you spot any other story characters that you recognise? Which story are they from? Have you read it?

This week, we’re going to practise our counting skills. In the story, Mr Wolf made lots of pancakes and we thought it’d be fun to make our own playdough pancakes. If you don’t have any dough, you could follow this simple recipe and have a go at making your own. Whilst making pancakes and playing, you could introduce ‘counting’ in different ways. Talk to your child about the ingredients in pancakes and ask them to think about where they come from. One of the most common answers is usually “the supermarket”! Try to find out more and talk about the origins of milk and eggs by watching these videos. One is all about milk and the other is an episode of ‘Do You Know’ where Maddie finds out about eggs and bread.The Little Pigs are going to Mr Wolf’s house for a pancake party, how many pancakes do we need to make? Think about your child’s ability and keep the numbers below 5 or 10 as appropriate. Mr Wolf sat down and tried very hard with his writing until he had made his shopping list - all by himself. Now he needed to count his money to make sure he had enough. But wolves aren't very good at counting, so he went to the Gingerbread Man for some help.

You're very clever, “said Mr Wolf. “Can you help me write my shopping list, please?” “No!” said Wee Willy Winky. “Go away!” He slammed his door - BANG! “There's no need to be like that,” said Mr Wolf quietly. Join in a role play game and make your own ‘Pancake Parlour’ using some of the mark making and maths activities at the same time. Part of the Early Years Foundation Stage is to begin to recognise some of our family traditions and celebrations and to begin to recognise how we are similar and different to others. In Nursery, teaching children in detail about Shrove Tuesday is too complicated, but we do talk to them about how Christian’s might celebrate this day and that it’s sometimes referred to as ‘Pancake Day’. We discuss that some families will celebrate by making pancakes and that others might not. We talk about it being a time where Christians begin to prepare for another special day, known as Easter.Oh, dear,” sighed Mr Wolf. He sat down, slowly read the book, and worked out what he needed - all by himself. He looked at his list, remembered what he needed, counted out his money, and carried the eggs, milk and flour home - all by himself.

But wolves can't read very well and Mr Wolf had trouble making sense of it. So he went to get some help from his neighbours. With supervision, ask children to help you cut some soft fruit to put on their pancakes such as bananas or strawberries. Talk to them about using knives safely. Mr Wolf’s Pancakes is a lovely book, that draws in characters from traditional tales, but also adds a twist. The familiar character of the traditionally big bad wolf is portrayed as a good character, who is slightly helpless.

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Have you remembered it’s Valentine’s Day on Sunday 14 February? Why not make a card for someone in your family or see if you can post one to someone special that you might not be able to see at the moment? Can you remember what happened at the end of the story? Do you think Mr Wolf should have shared his pancakes? This week’s story is also about pancakes! Listen carefully and then see if you can remember some of the toppings that Buddy’s family had on their pancakes. Story time – Buddy’s Pancakes