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Princess Clown
written by Sheryl Gwyther
illustrated by Sian Naylor
Blake Education Pty Ltd Australia (2010)
Gigglers Blue Set 2
Princess Clown is a chapter book for 7-8 year olds. It's the story of Belle, a princess who wants more than anything to be a clown. But the trouble is, she's supposed to act like a real princess. When her mother, the queen, frowns at Belle for wearing a red nose, Belle observes, 'Nobody is ever any fun around this castle.'
And it's true, it seems poor Princess Belle can never do anything right. Then, Belle does the one thing that no one else could do. She makes Prince Alan laugh.
This delightful story lends itself to a variety of workshopping possibilities: (1) following a maze (In a full sized version you may like to include more guiding illustrations!); (2) various sequencing tasks; and (3) an opportunity to act out the story. I have chosen the first two to help children internalise the sequence of the story before venturing into acting it out.
...Princess Clown is perfectly suited to being acted out as a classroom play. For example, apart from the main characters, there could be an endless number of courtiers and maids with non-speaking parts who might imitate the stance or facial expressions of the other characters.1. READ THE STORY
2. TRACE THE MAZE
[Note: If you would like a larger version of the maze, please email me]
. . . . . . .Guide the princess through the maze to find Prince Alan
2 Comments on BLOG TOUR (13) Princess Clown Workshop Ideas, last added: 7/14/2010
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Wow Mabel and Sheryl,
What a great post! So many fantastic activities. Congratulations on a great finale to the blog tour and good luck for the launch tomorrow Sheryl.
Dee:-)
Thank you Dee! It has been a tremendous experience taking part in a blog tour. I have learned so much and have also enjoyed connecting up with other people.
We will have lots of fun at the launch, I'm sure. And heartfelt thanks, Mabel too for all your hard creative work on the activities. Hope lots of teachers use them when they use 'Princess Clown' in the classroom. :)