The Rains in Africa

English Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Reception/Year 1 Mixed Age English Planning African Adventure

Exploring and Playing

  1. Book vlogs
  2. How many legs?
  3. Rain dance
  4. African landscapes

You Will Need

Essential Text
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

Optional Texts

We're Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

We All Went on Safari by Laurie Krebs

Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne

Handa’s Hen by Eileen Browne

Group Reader
No Thank You by Ruth Merttens

Group Readers

No Thank You

Children will enjoy the humour of this bright and engaging book. Bobo and Muna want to feed the animals but they get a little muddled up, luckily the animals solve the problem and get their dinner in the end.