The Jolly Postman & The Jolly Christmas Postman By Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg 2 Books Collection Set

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With easy-to-digest content, children can carry on living the tale through lovely spin-offs of the original story - it’ll be a story that never ends! Whilst making innovative use of envelopes, cards, and letters to create a game in just a tiny book, The Jolly Christman Postman has sold over 6 million copies. Age 3-7 This very special book is perfect for sharing at Christmas time. The jolly postman does his rounds on a snowy Christmas Eve. The postman’s round eventually takes him to Father Christmas’ workshop and an exciting trip on his sledge with lots of special deliveries to make. This book is very interactive with interesting Christmas mail and presents to take out of the envelopes and share. They’ll also help you to save time in creating an enjoyable and interactive learning experience for the younger learners. Venn Diagrams — Children can use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two of the fairytale characters in the story. What are their similarities and differences?

Start off with this Lesson Plan Template. There's room for you to write the learning objectives, which resources you're going to use, the plan for your main activity, and more. Alternatively, The Jolly Postman is a series of three books including 1991 and 1995 sequels to The Jolly Postman, or Other people's letters. In the U.K., the first book won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award. [3] [4] The second book won the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration. [5] Summary [ edit ] The story follows The Jolly Postman as he delivers letters and parcels to various characters from popular children's stories. You’ll find them perfect for adding some festive fun to your lessons in the build-up to the Christmas holidays, too! If you live in the UK and use the Royal Mail Postal Service you children can mail their letters to Santa to:Off through the snow the Postman rides, with more than a meal in his insides. He’s all shook up and all of a-quiver, and it’s not just the cold that makes him shiver. There’s a letter he’d rather not deliver… This brilliant teacher-made set of 'The Jolly Postman' resources is designed to save you time and make planning lessons easier. With this wonderful selection of tools, you will be able to create wonderfully exciting lessons for your students to enjoy. Join the jolly postman with his mailbag of delightful deliveries for Dorothy from Oz, Alice from Wonderland, and other favorite storybook characters." [15] See also [ edit ] Sing to the tune of ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’. This jolly Christmas postman EYFS song is all about who the Jolly Postman meets on his Christmas post round. Make a postbox together out of a large cardboard box, if possible paint it red or cover in red crepe paper. Children can make Christmas cards for characters in the story and cards, letters or invitations for the family to in their box. They can pretend to be a postman, sort the mail and make deliveries to members of the family and perhaps to toys representing characters in the story. This is even more fun if they receive replies from the family or even from characters in the story. Draw a map of the story

If you’re looking to set the scene, for your Jolly Christmas Postman EYFS learning experience, we've got a range of eye-catching display materials which have been hand-drawn by our talented team of illustrators. Create some vibrant display boards for your learning area, to support the topic of The Jolly Christmas Postman in EYFS. They’ll also help young learners to stay engaged, whilst submerged in the theme! How to make a Jolly Christmas Postman lesson plan This is a great way to build cross-curricular links across your teaching. You can use these The Jolly Christmas Postman planning ideas for Year 1 to structure your lessons and produce a thorough plan for your teaching on this lovely book. Use the bicycle to investigate pushes and pulls. How does a bicycle work? What about a scooter? Encourage the children to describe the pushes and pulls involved. In the story of The Jolly Christmas Postman, the postman delivers festive greetings and mail on Christmas Eve to a whole host of fairytale characters. The Jolly Christmas Postman is a children's storybook written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg in 1991. It is a follow-up to the original storybook 'The Jolly Postman' which was released a few years before in 1986.

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The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. The Jolly Christmas Postman morals teach children all about giving and sharing. This includes great selflessness as he travels far and wide, stopping at nothing to make sure that all the fairytale characters across the land receive their gifts and have a lovely Christmas. We've also included a range of colourful display materials which have been hand-drawn by our talented team of illustrators. These wonderful resources can be used to create vibrant display boards for your classroom on the topic of ' The Jolly Christmas Postman' storybook. They will also help to support your teaching by helping children to stay engaged and get excited to spend time in your learning space. With this lovely collection of teaching materials, you will be able to introduce your pupils to the much-loved storybook 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. All of these resources are perfect for adding some festive fun to your lessons in the build-up to the Christmas holidays.