Walking Through the Jungle

"Walking Through the Jungle" by Julie Lacome is a story about a boy's adventure to the jungle. The words are simple and repetitive. Children are able to recognise the words in the book through repetitive reading. The main learning points in the story are the animals found in the jungle, the sound made by these animals and the actions of the animals. Hence, children will encounter words such as leaping, wading, swinging etc.

I read the story once to the children using the big book and my own personal collection of finger puppets and a stuffed toy baby boy. The sight of the finger puppets and baby thrilled the children! They love them. Along the way, I asked the children to predict the next animal that the character/boy will encounter. As children participate in active reading, they will enjoy and understand the story better.

I want to help the children to internalise the learning points. Hence, as a follow up activity, I got the children to recite and dramatise the story. Each group will take on one part of the story. In this way, learning is made fun for the children. They get to express themselves in front of their friends. This helps to boost their confidence and self esteem. In addition, children will learn the pronunciation as they recite. They have also put learning into action as they acted out the action words.

Walking through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Sssss...
Over there!
A snake
Looking for his tea.

Creeping through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Grrr...
Over there!
A tiger
Looking for his tea.

Leaping through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Roar...
Over there!
A lion
Looking for his tea.

Running through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Trump... trump...
Over there!
An elephant
Looking for his tea.

Wadding through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Snap... snap...
Over there!
A crocodile
Looking for his tea.

Hope it isn't me!