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A pity, 'Belonging' was lovely but this felt like being sledgehammered with a message and then hit again once you'd got up. But I also hope they’ll have an understanding of the way everything is related, how once you destroy the native vegetation of a place, the native birds aren’t going to come there anymore, the native animals aren’t going to come there anymore, even the insects. There was never any point at which I thought that I’m going to need words to say what I want to say here.

It isn’t always easy to tell with the different digital applications and printing processes that can be applied but encourage the children to look closely. This would make Window a valuable foundation for classroom discussion, hopefully encouraging children to develop their own perspective on social issues such as population growth, pollution and the destruction of natural habitats.Baker developed the illustrations for her first book, Grandfather, during her final year at Croydon School of Art. This discussion should be colour includingthe primary and secondary colours, complementary colours as well as warm andcool colours (National Gallery of Art, 2013).

PDF attached contains the above information as well as 'The Artistic Work of Jeannie Baker'worksheet.A boy looks out a window at the same scene over time, and we see the changes that take place in the landscape. All the changes in the book have a pattern – all the natural things like birds, animals, trees, decrease exponentially alongside the manmade changes. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. Wholeclass discussion:Children will gather as a whole, where the teacher will ask if anyone has heardof Jeannie Baker, including being familiar with any of her picture books. I first work out my ideas in drawings, focusing on the work as a whole before developing the details.

Perhaps it was reading the authors note about ecological damage after reading in her last book how she collected sponges for her collage that made this seem a like an example of practise what you preach, but where I found 'Belonging' subtle and touching I found this frustrating. The American Library Association Notable Book 1984 Kate Greenaway Medal UK shortlisted 1985 Children’s book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award Commended 1985 Young Australian’s Best Book Award Shortlisted 1986.Suggestions include drawing a scene of your own choice or drawing a scene that follows on from the story. An interesting feature of the book is that Baker doesn't use any words at all, leaving the pictures alone to tell the story. p. 40-45 ) Abstract Stephen's compares a number of children's texts, including Jeannie Baker's Window and Belonging, which focus on representations of the natural environment. I’m trying to show exponential change, which is a concept many adults find difficult to understand, in a simplified way so that it can be understood. It also has a serious purpose, to give children an understanding of how growth affects the world we live in.

The streets gradually become places for safe children's play, and community activity and places for nature and wonder.

Using plants was a problem at first but I have learnt how to preserve them so they last and I add permanent colour. Allow plenty of opportunities for browsing, looking carefully and talking before you introduce the idea of writing. I have adapted this to use as a way for my class to present their setting descriptions inspired by 'Window'.