Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne - Resource

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

A heart-warming tale following Winnie-the-Pooh who is a good-natured, yellow-furred, honey-loving bear who lives in the Forest surrounding the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Roo, Kanga, Owl and Tigger.

Genre: friendship, animals, adventure

Themes: nature, connection, life lessons

Age: 8-9 years old

Activities

Retrieval and inference. Get learners to pick their favourite character and create a fact book about them. Include drawings and maps of where they live as well as information such as what their personality is like, what they like to eat, and what phrases they say.

Description. A. A. Milne personifies woodland creatures and gives them unique personalities. Get your learners to choose their favourite animal and personify it like Winnie’s friends.

Drama and role play. In pairs or small groups, assign your learners different characters from the book and get them to answer the questions as if they are each different character. Your learners should keep their identities sealed and get their friends to guess who they are.

Create a concertina book. Get your learners to choose a woodland or park and create a short story based around the animals or people that live in and around it. (CC links: Science, English)

Research. The inspiration for Winnie the Pooh has an interesting origin story. Get your learners to look into A A Milne’s background and how he came up with the idea for Winnie the Pooh.

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