I have written this poem to accompany the busy Christmas scene picture.

The poem starts with:

It's the night before Christmas, in the owl family house.

Everyone is busy, even Mabel Mouse.

The poem depicts a typical family scene on Christmas Eve in Great Britain and includes some of your favourite characters from my rhyming picture book series 'Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl'.

I would introduce the poem with lots of actions to aid comprehension. I have created this Instagram reel to show you how I would do it.

I would then read it a second time and see if the children can find where each verse occurs in the picture.

There are gap fill worksheets and a cut & stick activity too.

Story Walk

The story walk uses the same language and illustrations as the poem. Once the children are familiar with the vocabulary, they read the words/sentences on their worksheet, find the corresponding picture hidden in the classroom, write down the letter on it and then work out the hidden message.

I also have included a page of teacher's tips with further ideas.

I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!

For more information about Brown Owl and my series of rhyming picture books, please visit: www.readandrhyme.at