Make a chart showing how similar different life is today compared to life in stone age times. Scientists believe that humans, the species homo sapiens, emerged between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago in africa. One day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and falls. When he wakes up he finds that he has travelled back in time to the stone age. Satoshis book, millies marvellous hat, was shortlisted for the kate greenaway award in 2010. We have a super collection of crosscurricular teaching ideas and activities for you. Were going to focus on just two of the time periods the old stone age and the new stone age 6. A fun and informative first look at a key uk curriculum topic. These are not reasons for children to avoid boy, however. It also has lighter descriptions of teachers, such as the eccentric old bachelor, corkers. He fell so far down that he ended up in the stone age. The cave boy of the age of stone is a classic heavily illustrated educational childrens novel aimed at a juvenile audience or reader published in 1907 by author margaret a. Mcintyre and illustrated by irma deremeaux which is currently available in digital formats from multiple sources. Knopf 32 pages historical fiction fantasy this book features a central character who thinks outside the box.
The boy befriends a little girl named om, who becomes his guide. Look inside the stone age at usborne childrens books. The stone age is a key history topic in ks2 and this book is a great source of information and facts for children about. Although quite long, this is a really super story showing what life was like in the stone age and how a boy, going back in time, learns to cope. Could you write a similar book in which a boy or girl travels to a different period in time. Stone age boy satoshi kitamura teaching resources for key stage 2 year 3, 4, 5, 6. This book is used in the national curriculum for year3 and year 4 english. Files included 1 stone age boy comprehensionquestions.
Stone age boy is a hugely popular book with lower ks2 classes and is a great way of encouraging children to engage with how life might have been. Satoshi kitamuras book is interesting, informative and worthy, but just lacks a spark to make it truly exciting. The audio in this video storybook will help esl learners pronounce. The first humans had faced a struggle for survival.
It lasted from when the first stone tools were made, by our ancestors, about 3. This book is fantastic because it teaches a lot, without being lessony. To understand what life was like for people during the stone age 2. Wolf brother takes place 6001 years ago during the middle stone age, and tells the story of twelveyearold torak, a boy of the wolf clan. Comprehension questions based on stone age boy by satoshi kitamura. Esl video story book stone age boy read by teacher.
Year 34 week 1 monday to ask and answer questions about a text class teaching group work plenary talk starter prepare an enlarged version of the illustration on the top half of page 12 of stone age boy. He makes friends with a cave girl called om, and she introduces him to her family. Jul 18, 2014 the stone age is also divided into three different periods. Sep 12, 2019 the stone age boy is a year 34 text used in the national curriculum. One day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and to the stone age.
Use the information in the book to write a set of instructions, teaching people how to carry out one of the tasks that stone age people had to do e. The stone age is the name given to the earliest period of human culture when stone tools were first used. Oct 01, 2007 stone age boy 2007 written and illustrated by satoshi kitamura this picture book tells the story of a regular boy who falls down into a hole in the woods and winds up in a whole different time period the time of the stone age. He wakes in a prehistoric camp and finds out about life in a stone age village. But he is also very curious and wants to know about everything he sees in his beautiful world.
Waking after a sudden fall, a lad finds himself back in the stone age, where hes taken in by a peaceful extended family of hunters, tries his hand at flintknapping and gets a glimpse of marvelous cave paintings. And that means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers. Printable classroom banners that can be used as part of a topic about the stone age. Raymond briggs uses imaginative humour to detail the challenges of prehistoric life including stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers. The text in the book allows crosscurricular links to history the stone age, science under the topic of materials, and the. A set of printable letters that spell out the phrase the stone age. Boy genius of the stone age written and illustrated by. Oct 09, 2007 i picked this up by chance at the library. Find out how early huntergatherers lived and meet a stone age boy.
Flaps to lift on every page reveal why prehistoric people made cave paintings, how they made their tools and where they lived. Stone age boy by satoshi kitamura read by lily aged 7 youtube. The boy who ate dog biscuits a stepping stone book tm paperback october 17, 1989 by betsy sachs author. Stone age boy comprehension questions teaching resources. Step back 15000 years as a modern boy enters a stone age village and. In britain, the stone age was around 12,000 years ago. The horse and his boy, book 3 larry gets lost in prehistoric times. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft.
When people began smelting metal around 4500 years ago the bronze age began in the british isles. Boy genius of the stone age raymond briggs, author. Aug 23, 20 life during the early stone age was very different from life during the later years of the stone age. From a technical standpoint, harry potter is categorized as a middlegrade read, which typically encompasses 9to12yearolds. Boy genius of the stone age a comic style book in which ug lives with his parents during the stone age. Travelling back at least 10,000 years in time playing by. I wanted this story to use with my class as a word document. I have kept the story as originally written except for the middle part where all the activities are. Life during the early stone age was very different from life during the later years of the stone age. He makes friends with a girl his age, who shows him stone age life.
That said, harry is 11 years old in the first book in the series and 17 by the final book, and kids generally like to read about protagonists. The name stone age refers to a period of time in history that lasted about 3. A curious boy is out wandering in the woods one day, when he falls down, down, down. Satoshi kitamura has illustrated many picture books, including contributing to carnival of the animals. One day a boy falls down a hole, and an amazing thing happens when he wakes, hes in a camp full of people wearing animal skins. In kitamuras cartoon art, the prehistoric folk look like members of a wellbathed hippie commune, but like the narrator, some young readers will by fascinated by the ingenious ways. One day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and falls into the stone age. Ask children to focus their attention on the character in the blue jumper, who looks out of place in the picture. Stone age boy satoshi kitamura story books ks2 story. The audio in this video storybook will help esl learners pronounce the words easily as they.
His friendship with a girl his own age is touching and all the experiences he encounters are factual. The text in the book allows crosscurricular links to history the stone age. Ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for each. He wakes up in the stone age where he meets a little girl the same age. Satoshi kitamura when a modern young boy is transported back in time to a stone age village, he learns all about a new way of life. Files included 1 stoneageboycomprehensionquestions. But there are a few agerelated guidelines to take into consideration. Step back 15,000 years as a modern boy enters a stone age village and learns a few prehistoric tricks of the trade. The boy who ate dog biscuits a stepping stone booktm. The stone age was a time in history when early humans used tools and weapons made out of stone. This is a picture book about a young boy who has a fall on a walk and knocks himself out. The stone age boy planning pack contains a twoweek english unit of work for year 34, based on the book stone age boy.
Being an inquisitive and intelligent child, ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. Mixing flight of fancy with prehistoric facts, satoshi kitamura ushers us back to a time of. Om and her familytribe teach the boy about making tools, cooking with fire, cave paintings. Britain would have looked very different during the paleolithic. As soon as i came across it, i knew we just had to read it together its a powerful combination of a great history lesson that could easily inspire you to try digging in the dirt with kitamuras great storytelling and fabulous illustrations. By purchasing books through this website, you support our nonprofit organization. A young girl called om introduces him to her tribe and he learns from them about tool making, hunting, fishing, cooking and cave wall painting. A lifttheflap book packed with information about life from the stone age to the start of farming, early metal working and the iron age.
Look at the illustrations of the boy and girl trying to communicate. The book tells the story of a boy who finds himself in prehistoric times. Ug lives in the stone age and everything is made of stone. Kakob is a young boy who lived during the stone age somewhere in africa. Stone age boy 2007 written and illustrated by satoshi kitamura this picture book tells the story of a regular boy who falls down into a hole in the woods and winds up in a whole different time period the time of the stone age.
Mixing flight of fancy with prehistoric facts, satoshi kitamura ushers us back to a time of surprising innovation and artistic expression, shown. He meets a girl his own age and her tribe, and learns all about their. It wasnt available so thought i would take the time to do it and then share it. Oct 07, 2017 comprehension questions based on stone age boy by satoshi kitamura. Go back in time and find out what britain was like during the stone age, the bronze age and the iron age. Looking for ideas for stone age boy by satoshi kitamura. The artwork in this book features people made from fingerprints. He wakes up in the stone age where he meets a little girl. The old stone age the middle stone age the new stone age 5.
The book was published in 2004 by orion childrens books. The stone age for ks1 and ks2 children stone age homework. He meets a girl his own age and learns all about her way of life. This engaging picture book tells the story of a boy who falls down a hole to find himself back in time 15,000 years. The period gets its name from the fact that stones were widely used to make tools. Wolf brother is the first book in the series chronicles of ancient darkness by michelle paver. When on a walk, a modern young boy trips, falls, and finds himself in the stone age. He meets a girl his own age and her tribe, and learns all about their way of life. Best childrens books about the stone age theschoolrun. Stone age boy bysatoshi kitamura one day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and falls into the stone age.
Trapped inside his own body the horse and his boy book 3 book 3 chronicles of narnia, book 3. So much so that the period is divided into three parts. Rewrite the story or part of it in the third person. Stone age boy by satoshi kitamura making them readers. From dinosaurs to the stone age tools of the old and the new stone age dover books on anthropology, the american indian the cycle of cosmic catastrophes. This beautifully illustrated book is packed with fascinating facts about the stone age, presented in an accessible and interesting way. Stone age boy is the story of a young boy about 10 yo who tripped while walking in the woods one day and fell. A midwestern farm family faces major emotional adjustment after a. Resource used at the beginning of the topic to encourage the children to describe the stone age after reading stone age boy and completed other topic related activitieslooking at cave paintings etc. They learn how to make tools, light fires, go hunting, and prepare animal skins.
With robert duvall, jason presson, glenn close, susan rinell. By 2007, the work had entered the public domain and several reprint publishers on three continents have. Stone age boy, by one of our favourite authorillustrators satoshi kitamura, has been out for a couple of years although it is new to us. The stone age boy is a year 34 text used in the national curriculum. My grandsons, 7yrs and 4yrs, loved it and keep coming back to it. Stone age boy by satoshi kitamura travel 20,000 years into the past and discover what life as a caveman was like in this prehistoric picture book by a prodigiously talented artist. Ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for each book sold through. Stone age boy by satoshi kitamura read by lily aged 7. Access thousands of brilliant resources to help your child be the best they can be. Buy stone age boy on amazon the time slip device works well in this picture book about a young boys adventure with a group of stone age people. The stone age marks a period of prehistory in which humans used primitive stone tools. Esl video story book stone age boy read by teacher sabina.