Transcript
Welcome to Book Chat. This short film made by The Open University is designed to support you in sharing books with children. Conversationally, enjoyably, and effectively. Book Chat develops children's language, comprehension, and pleasure.
As you know, there are lots of ways to chat about books. And during this reading of One Fox by Kate Read, you'll hear our top tips. One, do involve your child. You'll probably chat before, during, and after the story. Two, it's important to pause often, so your child can look closely and respond to what they see in order to make sense of it.
Three, do wonder aloud to trigger book chat and mention things that the text reminds you of. For example, favourite food or feeling hungry. This helps children build connections. Four, showing how you feel about the naughty fox, for instance, will prompt your child's engagement too. Finally, remember to keep pleasure at the centre of the sharing. Book Chat's fun.
Hello. I'm Ben. I just made myself some breakfast. I had a boiled egg. Do you like eggs? I wonder how many eggs are left in the box. Will you help me count them? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. There are five eggs left.
#And look that white egg has still got a feather stuck to it from the hen which laid the egg. That reminds me of a story it's called One Fox. Shall we read it together now? Come on then. One Fox, a counting book thriller.
Look at that fox, seems a bit sneaky to me. Here's the author who wrote the book, Kate Read. Look at this. All these fox prints. Oh, there's the fox up to no good. I wonder what it's planning, let's find out.
One Fox. Here's the foxes' footprints coming all across the page, but where do you think it's gone? Here it is. One. One famished fox. Oh, famished. That's a good word. It shows that the fox hungry. Maybe it's looking for something to eat.
Two. Two sly eyes. What's that fox looking at? A feather. I wonder where that's come from? It looks like that feather we found on the egg. Three. Three plump hens. They are plump. It's probably because they've been eating all these worms. Would you like to eat worms for your breakfast?
Four. Four padding paws. Pad, pad, pad, pad. That fox is padding through the farmyard. What have you spotted here? Oh, well done. I haven't seen that hole in the fence there. I wonder if the fox made that hole so it could get into the farmyard.
Five. Five snug eggs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. This reminds me of when we counted eggs in the egg box. There were five eggs there too. These hens look like they're asleep. Watch out hens.
Six. Six silent steps. Here comes the fox. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. It's curled itself all the way around the hen coop with that big tail. Here's the hen coop where the hens live. How's that fox going to get in? Seven. Seven knocks at the door.
[KNOCKING]
Eight. Eight beady eyes. I can only count six eyes there, but they're looking-- Ah, 7, 8. But this doesn't look like a chicken, it's the fox. Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop.
Nine. Nine Nine flying feathers. Look out hens, you've lost your eggs. 10, 10 sharp teeth. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9, 10. Where have the chickens gone? I hope they've not been eaten. Quick let's see. Oh, my goodness. There's more hens now. Look at them all. How many do you think there are? 100. 100 angry hens. And can you see where that pesky fox has got to? Yes, there it is running away in the distance.
And now we're back to one. One frightened fox. Whose gone so fast. The tail is the only thing we can see. Wow. And look at all the hens' footprints. 100 hens' footprints. What do you notice here? Yes, they do look very different to the foxes' footprints at the start, don't they?
And look at them all there, sitting on their nests, happy again. And I'm glad to see. On this page, it says, no hens or foxes were harmed in the making of this book. They're all safe even the fox.
That was One Fox by Kate Read.