Curiosity
Year 1: Curiosity can help me find out about important things in the world.
Core Story
Kids Save the Elephants and Rhinos, written for Floreat (see Y1 Curiosity ). This is a true story. Melanie Essary became curious about elephants and rhinos after learning about them at school. At only seven years old Melanie was so concerned about the ivory trade that she started a successful campaign to make the sale of ivory illegal in Korea.
Drawing out the virtue
The point of this story is to expose children to a role model for curiosity, who was able to do something to help animals because she was so curious.
Activity 1: Curious people
The Powerpoint Y1 Curiosity shows images of people with different jobs. Show pupils the images and after each image ask ‘What do you think this person was curious about at school?’ The children can discuss this with their Perfect Partners before sharing their ideas with the class. Pupils should answer in a full sentence using the scaffolding on the slides.
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Sayings
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To pique someone’s curiosity.
Only boring people get bored.
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Library books
Encyclopedias
Non-fiction books about birds, trees, plants, animals, different countries, transport.
We’re Going to Build a Dam by Gillian McClure
How Do the Flowers Grow? Usborne Flip Book
The Curious George series by Margaret Rey
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson