Grandpa and Thomas (by Pamela Allen) Book Companion Activities

Grandpa and Thomas go the beach. It is an Australian summer. The sun is shining, the gulls are screeching and the sea is singing. Together they build a sandcastle, they have a picnic and they splash in the water. Then at the end of the day, Grandpa takes a sleepy Thomas home.

This pack is designed to complement the story “Grandpa and Thomas” by Pamela Allen. It includes the following printables:

• Story Sequencing Cut and Paste
• Adults That I Trust
• Cheeky Seagulls
• Design a Sandcastle
• Letter To Grandpa
• At the Beach with Grandpa and Thomas
• Packing Your Bag
• Five Senses At The Beach
• How To Build A Sandcastle
• Summer Around The World
• Beach Safety Signs
• Prepositions
• Patterning Beach Style
• Grandpa and Thomas Word Search
• Grandpa and Thomas Syllables
• A Day at the Beach Punctuation (US & AU/UK Spelling)
• Identifying Nouns
• Buckets of Fun
• At The Beach Alphabet
• Rhyme Time
• Scrambled Sentences
• Adjectives At The Beach
• Bucket Contractions
• Be Sun Safe
• Beach Graphing
• My Seashell Investigation (US & AU/UK Spelling)
• Sand Under A Microscope (US & AU/UK Spelling)
• Spot The Difference
• Beach Coordinates
• Hundreds Chart Mystery Picture
• Print and Play – Describing Things Found At The Beach
• Print and Play – Crazy Crabs Make 20

PLUS Answers pages where applicable

NOTE – The story is not included in this pack.