Oliver's Fruit Salad

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I believe it was suitable for this age because of the follow-up activity I observed and carried out where after the story was read, children then went into the kitchen where the book was firstly re-read to them to emphasise the concept that were being taught which was ‘Colours’. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.

She has won many awards for her books, and is regularly invited to festivals including Cheltenham and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.In this story, a boy (who has been staying with his grandparents) tells his mother about all the things his grandfather grows; nothing he has at home seems to be as good. A friendly, round-headed cast with pin-dot blue eyes and broad smilles introduce the tasty possibilities of fresh fruit withour ever dropping the vaguest hint of (shh! I suspect most kids will see that, but some kids may think the book makes fruit look more palatable. The fruit and fruit colours all seem to mingle together with the characters through the illustrations. Oliver's Fruit Salad by Vivian French is a wonderful book to use with accompanying teaching resources for any EYFS or KS1 healthy eating, food or growth topic.

If you are concerned about the health and wellbeing of yourself or children in your care, you should always consult an appropriate healthcare professional. It made a good intro to our planned topic of making a fruit salad and opened up some good comments from our preschool group. I felt that the children associated with the book due to the fact they are reluctant to try different fruit.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). This video link is provided to help an adult assess the book's suitability for a child's situation before purchasing it. He then asks for this fruit salad and when questioned by his mum for saying he did not like fruit, he replies he enjoys fruit salad.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I liked the story about Oliver and his parents and grandparents, and especially appreciated the humor, and I liked the cat. It is a fun, colourful and adventurous book about a little boy who eats a variety of fruits at his grandparent’s house. I read this book to the kids and used it as part of an activity at preschool and they really enjoyed it.The children then were given the opportunity to make a fruit salad with the support of a Practitioner but allowing them to cut the fruits themselves after safety was highlighted. An example of a question which allowed children to guess before they could see the answer was, “What colour do you think the plum is inside? All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.