ELMER

Read the story aloud to child and complete the activities together.
 the
elephant
 There was once a herd of elephants.

Elephants young, elephants old,

elephants tall or fat or thin.

all happy and all the same

..

All, that is, except

.
Elmer was different.
Elmer was patchwork.
Each time “Good evening ”
replied:

“Good
evening”
“Don’t be sad .” said
“But I want to
the Hippo.

be like
you!”
replied Elmer.
After a long walk
found what he wanted...
 caught hold of
the tree and shook it
and shook it so the
berries fell on the
ground.
any ,
or
or ,
or ,
or ,
or ,
or ,
or ,
or .
 “Good morning ”
Each time smiled
and replied:

“Good“Good morning”
morning ”
“Was that ”

“Ha Ha Ha ”
“We love your colours ”
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2
3
4
Design your own elephant
 Colour in the patchwork pattern

1 = Blue 2 = Green 3 = Red

4 = Orange 5 = Black 6 = Purple
Use an empty milk
carton, glue and
coloured paper to
make your own
Elmer!
Create a collage of Elmer using lots of different materials
Cut out and create Elmer masks. Write a script and act out the
story as a class.