Inspired by: Good Knight, Sleep Tight - Week 1

In the heart of the palace, a wave of jubilation sweeps through as a new princess graces the realm with her arrival. The educational activity invites children to delve into the art of making inferences based on actions and expressions depicted within an illustration. The children are encouraged to observe the queen cradling her newborn and to discern her emotions through the visual cues presented. They are prompted to consider the feelings of other palace inhabitants, such as the prince, and to articulate their thoughts on his internal musings. To add an interactive element, the task includes creating 'thought bubbles' for an illustration where the castle cat has inadvertently caused disarray to the princess's pillow, encouraging children to interpret the intentions and emotions of both the feline and the infant princess.

Shifting to a narrative focus, the children are tasked with chronicling the misadventure of the princess's pillow, now rendered hard and flat by the castle cat's antics. Through the eyes of the little prince, who witnessed the feathery chaos unfold, the children are asked to storyboard the event and weave a tale that captures the actions and sentiments of the characters involved. The narrative exercise emphasises the use of sequence connectors such as 'first', 'then', and 'after that'. Meanwhile, another activity centres on language structure, teaching the children about subordination and co-ordination in sentence construction. They are invited to ponder over the royal conundrum of how the cat infiltrated the princess's quarters and to devise plausible alibis that various castle dwellers might offer. The children also practice crafting 'if... then...' statements to explore the consequences of hypothetical scenarios, enhancing their understanding of cause and effect within storytelling.