My Granny Went To Market To Buy A Flying Carpet

We used a magic carpet at the beginning of each session with the children sitting on it and flying to their destination describing what they could see.

My granny went to market to buy a flying carpet. Granny s quest to buy a few specialty items leads to a fantastical flight to the markets of the world. The book is cleverly done as a counting rhyme tracking granny s progress around the world and increasing the number of objects bought as she travels. They used a floor map and string to detail the journeys granny made. I used the book my granny went to market with a group of six children and had a wonderful time.

My granny went to market is a great book with lovely illustrations for young children eyfs. Flying carpet a magic carpet small rug that flies in the air tassels the edging of the flying carpet fierce ferocious and wild looking spiraled swirled market a shop or store introducing the story. My granny went to market april 25 2013 by nyenyedzi this is a new book for me but my granny went to market by stella blackstone is already one of my favourites. She begins in istanbul where she purchases a flying carpet and uses it to make her way to.

Granny travels country to country buying specific items from each country i noticed the items she buys somehow relates to the country she buys it from as though it s a souvenir. My granny went to market is a short picture book following granny travel the world on a flying carpet buying various possessions from many different countries. Bring out the globe and ask the children if they know what it is. Taking young readers on a counting adventure through ten different countries my granny went to market also introduces children to maps and entertains them with rhyme along the way.

Explain that a globe is a map of the world. Fly away with granny as she takes a magic carpet ride around the world collecting a steadily increasing number of souvenirs from each exotic location a beautiful rhyming story that takes you on an adventure to countries around the world with lots of counting along the way. Granny gets a flying carpet and goes shopping around the world. My granny went to market to buy a flying carpet and then she flies around the world collecting all sorts of interesting objects before handing over the flying carpet to the reader to carry on the journey rather a nice idea about sharing experiences and opening up horizons.

Synopsis join a very unusual granny as she whizzes around the world on a magic carpet shopping for amazing treasures in all the places she visits. It has beautifully coloured bright pictures and is essentially a counting rhyme about a granny with a magic flying carpet who visits the markets of the world.