Rhythm and rhyme

• Listen to the story again. Can you join in with the repeated phrase, 'Look me up and down, I'm the smartest giant in town'. Listen carefully - which two words rhyme?

• Grown ups: Can you gather together small objects to represent the rhyming words, such as a model boat and a plastic goat, a tiny house and a littlemouse, and a toy dog and a small brown fabric bog. These things can be drawings if you don't have the objects and don't worry about your drawing skills - children are always very kind I have found! Put the objects into a space and take turns to choose one and then find another to make a rhyming pair.

Mathematics

Shapes and sizes

•  Look carefully at the patterns on the giant's socks and tie. What do you notice?                                   
• Cut out some sock shapes from card or paper and print patterns on them using a potato cut into a diamond shape and dipped into paint. Cut out a tie shape and add straight lines with coloured felt pens. Can you say what the pattern is?
•  Look through the book together to find the tallest and the smallest creature. Maybe you have or could make a height chart to discover how tall you are compared to other members of your family. 

Let's move our bodies!

Skip and hop

• As you listen to the story, listen for the words that describe how the giant moves such as 'striding', 'hopping' and 'standing on one foot shivering'.
• Pretend to be the giant moving in these ways. Think about how the dog would need to step over the belt carefully to avoid falling into the squelchy bog. Fold a blanket into a strip on the floor and try balancing across an imaginary bog.
• When he found his old gown and sandals, the giant was so pleased that he danced all the way home. Can you invent a dance for him? How do you think he would move? Would his steps be heavy or light?