by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Art, Critical Thinking, Description, Making, Russia, Storytelling
Traditional Russian Tales Overview This session looks at how children can explore traditional tales from Russia to inspire their own writing. All authors take inspiration from those who have gone before and traditional tales have provided writers with ideas for...
by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Fact-finding, Informative, Russia, Storytelling
Russian History Overview This session helps children explore Russia’s past and use that information to create a fact sheet, news report (written or spoken), or a short piece of historical fiction. They will develop their skills in finding and recording information...
by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Critical Thinking, Fact-finding, Games, Informative, Outdoors, Poetry, Russia, Storytelling
Children’s Games in Russia Overview This is a session that can involve lots of physical activity and fun to help children engage with and enjoy their learning time. This works particularly well for children who find literacy daunting. The focus is not all on...
by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Description, Food, Informative, Making, Persuasive Writing, Russia
Russian Food and Drink Overview This session involves the chance to find out about and make some traditional Russian dishes. Follow on activities will help children develop literacy skills based on their experience involving different amounts of writing to suit a...
by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Art, Description, Fact-finding, Informative, Making, Russia, Storytelling
Russian Fashion Overview Fashion is a great subject to engage children in a variety of literacy skills. There are lots of ideas in this session for using the information children find out which will help develop skills in areas such as character development and...
by Matt Valler | 20 Jun, 2018 | Art, Description, Fact-finding, Making, Russia, Storytelling
Russian Buildings and Architecture Overview Through exploring some of Russia’s fascinating buildings, children can develop various literacy skills through art, fact-finding, description and story writing. There is a wide selection of ideas allowing all children to...
