Chris Haughton is the creator of many acclaimed picture books, including Little Owl Lost; Oh No, George! Add water and you could make a junk model crab with a round lid for the body and pincers cut out of card. When you get to Step 7, try drawing the eyes at a different spot than your big crab so they can look at each other or at different places. When you go out together imagine you are little crab and big crab going tic a tac, splish splash , squelch squelch on the way to the sea. Tip: Only put a little bit of glue on the edges of the eyes and legs, then glue them onto the back of the body.

Don’t Worry Little Crab Activity Kit - Walker Don’t Worry Little Crab Activity Kit - Walker

Her gift with paper crafting makes her a perfect person to pair with Don’t Worry, Little Crab, and she was kind enough to make something amazing for us that you can share with the kids in your life. When children become familiar with the story encourage children to join in for example with the sound effects on their journey to the sea ‘tic-a-tac,’ ‘splish-splash,’ ‘squelch-squelch’ and the ‘whoosh’ of the waves. Even though some new things could be scary at first, if you keep giving it a try, you might find new and exciting ways to have an adventure.This is going to be so great,” says Little Crab, splish-splashing and squelch-squelching along, all the way to the very edge. Little Crab shows us that everyone has the capacity to be stronger and braver than they think they are, to take on new challenges, and to experience gratification and growth around navigating waves and charting new waters. Not only is it a masterful story illustrated with striking, vivid art, it’s also an exploration of fear and of what it’s like to take little steps through fear. Tip: If you feel like the claws are too big for the body, you can shape to your desired size by trimming the sides. In no time at all he finds himself in a colourful undersea world where he makes new friends and has exciting new experiences.

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I hope that you and a loved one can do it together and use it to talk about feelings during these unprecedented times.

When Little Crab and Very Big Crab first set out from their tide pool, headed to the ocean, Little Crab is full of confidence. The feeling captured is so familiar to anyone who’s had the good fortune of being at the ocean, of diving into and under a wave, of the anticipation and apprehension of not knowing exactly what will happen next.

Don’t Worry, Little Crab | By, Chris Haughton | read aloud Don’t Worry, Little Crab | By, Chris Haughton | read aloud

If you go to a beach this would be perfect to do there – you could watch for big waves too and try to find a crab in a real rock pool. Once upon a time, she was an Advertising Art Director and Graphic Designer creating campaigns for Hollywood shows, but traded that glamorous life for a quiet one in the burbs: kids, picket fence and all. Here is a useful videos Rockpools – KS1 Science – BBC BitesizeIf you decide to go rock pooling here is some useful advice from The Natural History Museum to help you prepare. Little Crab’s story is full of hope, and it could also be a way into talking to kids about fears they may have right now as well as the stuff that’s potentially still there in every moment even as there is so much anxiety and unknown and tragedy—little bits of beauty, the natural world, and their own ability to weather the waves.com/papercrabpuppet to download the drawing of the ocean (see photo L) and color your own background as you wish. simple, colorful way to talk about feelings with our littles and how sometimes things are not as we thought. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, London. You will find many creative activities based on each book to make reading even more enjoyable and interactive.