The West African traditional tale of Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock is told in two short video episodes for KS1. There is a new to go with the animation, with worksheets and activities, suitable for both learning at home and at school.
Anansi discovers a clever trick for getting food from the other animals in the forest, but Little Deer has a plan to play Anansi at his own game. The illustrated text is available as downloadable pdf files and the teaching resources include a sequencing activity and outline drawings to print and colour in.
Episodes
Part 1. video
Anansi stumbles upon a magic rock in the forest. When he says the words 'Isn't this a strange, moss-covered rock!' he falls asleep...which gives him a cunning idea.
Part 2. video
Anansi has discovered a magic moss-covered rock and a clever trick. But in the second part of the story the joke will be on him!
Resources
Download / print the Resource Pack - worksheets and learning activities suitable for home and school (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 1 - the key vocabulary from the story (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 2: Illustrated text of Part one of the story (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 3: Finding synonyms (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 4: the lyrics for the song 'Anansi the Spider' (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 5: completing sentences with conjunctions (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 6: the branded writing sheet (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 7: full-colour illustration of Anansi (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 8: the illustrated text of Part two of the story (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 9: sequence the events of the whole story (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 10: Apostrophes to show possession (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 11: a story planner sheet (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 12: correct the spelling and punctuation (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 13: a word search puzzle of key vocabulary (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 14: an outline drawing of Anansi for a colouring-in (pdf)
Download / print Resource Sheet 15: an outline drawing of Little Deer for a colouring-in (pdf)
Download/print an outline drawing of Anansi, Little Deer and the rock for a colouring-in activity
See also...
KS1 Music: Traditional Tales. collection
Anansi in our Music section - presented by Andy Day and Rebecca Keatley
