Frogs, Dogs and Friends

1. Making predictions
2. Rhyming pairs
3. Sequels and new stories
4. Composing lines for a new story

1. Making predictions
2. Matching pairs
3. Beginning a story
4. Completing a story

1. Funny animal story book nook
2. Habitat collage
3. Retelling the story
4. Rhyming portraits

1. After AL1. Show children Oi Frog! How many of the animals and their seats can children remember? Record ideas then re-read the story. Celebrate all the animals/seats children recalled.
2. Re-read Oi Frog! Do children feel sorry for the frog in the story? Why so? Do they feel sorry for the cat at all?
3. Before A3 Read Oi Dog!. pausing before the final page. What do children think the frog will say that frogs will sit on? Turn over and discover… sun loungers! Is it funnier because it doesn’t rhyme for a change?
4. Revisit Oi Dog! ‘You know the rules,’ says the Cat. What rules/ agreements do children follow at school or at home? Can they suggest funny seat rules for e.g. Year 1s? Year 1s sit on buns. Year 2s sit on loos, etc.
5. Review/ re-read both Oi Frog! and Oi Dog! Which are children’s favourite animal and seat combinations?

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Discuss how, in the Oi! books, animals sit on all sorts of funny things. Share and learn Little Miss Muffet (resources), enjoying the rhymes and talking about the ‘tuffet’ that Little Miss Muffet sits on. If time, also share This is the House that Jack Built (resources), noting its Oi!-comparable cumulative structure and focus on animals and rhymes.

Essential texts
Oi Frog by Les Grey and Jim Field
Oi Dog by Les Grey and Jim Field