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Paperback 128 pages
ISBN: 9781841016238
Published: 18/09/2009
Price: £7.99
'Oh, and Timothy Bear, I want you to be the innkeeper's boy. Do you think a teddy bear can play the part of a boy?' Miss Read might not have picked the part that Timothy Bear had in mind for himself, but it led him into all sorts of adventures and taught him many things.
Looking forward to Christmas with Timothy Bear contains 18 pick-up-and-use assembly programmes for KS1 teachers, complete with memorable easy-to-read stories, telling tips, Bible links, suggestions for songs, optional prayers, and questions and activities to explore and develop the theme of the story - ideal for collective worship and classroom follow-up.
The stories are based on the preparation and performance of a traditional nativity play for Key Stage One pupils, providing an ideal link with the excitement of the school's own nativity production.
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Brian Sears is a trained teacher with nearly 40 years experience of primary education. Brian has six stories published by NCEC in an anthology, A Yearful of Stories, and has contributed to the SU Bible Reading notes, Snapshots. For the last eleven football seasons Brian has realised his other passion, writing a weekly column in the Independent based around Premiership football. His first book about Timothy Bear, Through the Year with Timothy Bear, was published in 2006.
From Lincoln Diocesan Young People's Service - December 2009
A small (paperback sized) book aimed at those working with KS1 children. Timothy Bear is a teddy, but he may become whatever fits the local situation, changing name, gender and even species at the will of the story teller. The author was a primary teacher and school head for 40 years and has had a number of stories and teaching material published in the past. The book has a nice section on 'telling Timothy Bear stories' full of tips about using props, co-opting children into the story telling and using voice for different characters.
The stories are split into six sections of three, covering Preparing for Christmas, through understanding the meaning of Christmas to how we celebrate Christmas. Each story has an introduction containing tips for telling, the story itself and a very useful section containing suggestions for 'Helping children get to grips with the story', 'Ways for children to express the story', 'Helping children to own the story', and 'Ways for children to live out the story'.
This book has been produced by someone who obviously knows what they are doing from an education stand point, and has an easy facility with storytelling.
I like this book, highly recommended!
Reviewed by Dave Rose, Diocesan Children and Youth officer, Lincoln Diocesee
From The Association of Christian Teachers - October 2009
Looking forward to Christmas with Timothy Bear is 18 five minute stories and assembly outlines for Advent and Christmas. The thread that links these stories is the production of a Nativity play in a KS1 department and how that affects Timothy Bear.
There are six sections: Preparing for Christmas, Light coming into the world, Love for the world, The gifts of Christmas, Food at Christmas and Celebrating Christmas. Each section has an introduction with a helpful outline of the story, bible links, recommended songs and suggested prayers. At the end of each story there are questions to help the children get to grips with the story and how it applies.
For example, one assembly is called 'The cloak and the crown' and talks about the announcement of the cast for the Nativity play; Timothy Bear has to cope with the disappointment of not getting the part he really wanted. Some of the questions listed: What is a nativity play? Which part would you like to have in the play? Think of a time when you have been disappointed. Was there anything that you or others did that made you feel a bit better?
The book is ideal for Foundation Phase (Nursery to Year 2) assemblies, either as a large group or as a class. The language of the stories and questions are appropriate to the age range and the book is easy to use, especially for the non-specialist RE teacher.
Reviewed by Rachel Davey, Class Teacher and co-ordinator for RE and PSE, Baden Powell Primary School, Cardiff
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