You Choose" offers lots of starting points for learning and is the perfect book for following the children's lead in the activities you do. Rhyming words and alliteration - have fun thinking of words that rhyme with choose (lose, snooze - include nonsense words). Or you could make a door in a large box, and put a selection of things inside it for the children to feel and describe. Juliet is now officially employed by the FSF and Tapestry, working in product support and as an Education Advisor. Sorting - use a doll's house and furniture as an opportunity to talk about sorting into rooms, counting and organising.

This book is a brilliant way to spark children's creativity and imagination when presented with a range of scenarios to choose from. Make a story together about travelling in a hot air balloon - what can you see/how do you feel/what happens when a storm comes/how will you get down?Make some hats - make simple cone shaped hats and let the children decorate them however they like, or give them the choice of transforming it into a clown's hat or a princess's.

You Choose" is the sort of book you could focus on for a week or two, followed by another couple of weeks on just one aspect of the book that the children really showed an interest in, like animals or transport. Collect together all sorts of materials (egg boxes/sticks/corks/plastic cups) that can be used to be boats.

With the help of Nick Sharratt's wonderfully detailed illustrations, Pippa Goodhart explores a whole range of scenarios where choosing is made fun! g. which colour apron would you like/would you like milk or water to drink/shall we read this book or this one? Pippa Goodhart (Author) Pippa Goodhart's interest in children's books was originally sparked by a Saturday job at Heffers in Cambridge when she was at school. If they enjoy doing this, provide clip boards and paper and let the children go around on their own asking who likes what and making marks as part of their play.

Biography: Pippa Goodhart (Author) Pippa Goodhart's interest in children's books was originally sparked by a Saturday job at Heffers in Cambridge when she was at school.You could extend this by asking the children to choose how they would really like to travel to the setting (boat, helicopter, spaceship. Follow the children's interests - there may be a part of the book the children show a particular interest in, such as animals or hats.