Grannies are great!

On Friday, to complete our mini theme, inspired by the second chapter of the Owl Who Was Afraid  of the Dark On Friday we had a day dedicated to grannies.

We started the morning by writing an acrostic poem about grannies as well as drawing a granny face to go with it. I was so pleased with the results. They are now proudly on display in the classroom.

After break we invited Granny Dawson to visit us. She was simply amazing and had the children hooked on her every word. She brought a granny case, out of which she showed our classes items accompanied by wonderful stories.

They were simply fascinated!

Granny Dawson told us all about her
suitcase - no carry bags or wheelie
bags in her school days

One of her favourite stories
from her youth - Pookie the
flying rabbit. Her grandchildren
 have all had the story read to
them as well. She left the book for
us to read.

                                                   

Grannies just love to knit -
she showed us a scarf that
she had knitted to keep her
neck warm.

Demonstrating how to cast on.

                                                     

Telling the children how you can
never tell your granny I love you, too many times!
She says grannies just love it when you
sit on their laps and give them a huge hug!
Note her special tea pot as well as her
cup and saucer. No mugs or tea bags for
a granny. She explained how to make a
'proper' cup of tea!

Granny Dawson showing us
her beautiful hankie. She explained
how everyone used hankies in her
day. Ladies hankies were always
very pretty.

                                                     

Grannies like to have a knee
rug, especially while watching
TV or knitting!

Thank you for your visit - we all agreed that you must be the most fabulous granny ever!

We ended off our day by making pom pom owls. We still have to add the eyes and feet, but they really turned out well.

What a busy, fun filled  Friday we had!