Critical Thinking
Ages 3 - 8 Years
Come Back Cat
by Nicola Rijsdijk (Writer), Sam Scarborough (Designer) & Karen Lilje (Illustrator)
A delightful tale about an independent cat! Although, this cat doesn’t seem very interested in listening to instructions… She seems much more interested in causing mischief and going on adventures. So why is she suddenly back in her bed sleeping happily? And where is that chicken?!
Empathy
Perspective
Step 1
Each child will need a toilet paper roll, a paintbrush, paint, coloured pencils or crayons, a piece of paper, glue and a pair of scissors.
Step 2
Paint the tissue roll orange or any other colour that you like, leave it to dry.
Step 3
Bend one side of the top of your toilet paper roll down, then bend the opposite side of the top town to make the cats ears.
Step 4
Cut along the bottom of the other end of the toilet paper roll and bend it up to create the tail of the cat.
Step 5
On a piece of paper, draw two small circles and put black dots in the middle to be the cat’s eyes.
Step 6
Carefully cut out the eyes and paste them onto the toilet paper roll (once your paint has dried).
Step 7
Use your coloured pencils or crayons to draw your cat’s stripes and nose.
Step 1
You will need a copy of the “build a food chain” print out, crayons or pencil crayons, and a pair of scissors.
Step 2
Colour in the pictures of the “build a food chain” print out.
Step 3
Cut and paste the pictures where they belong in the food chain sequence.
Step 4
Complete and present your work.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a piece of paper, wax crayons, water paint, a paintbrush, a pencil and an eraser.
Step 2
Draw your cat and colour it in with wax crayons.
Step 3
Using your wax crayons, colour in the background of your cat in different colours.
Step 4
Crunch the paper, unfold and crunch it again.
Step 5
Unfold your crunched paper, paint all over it with a different colour of water paint.
Step 6
Let it dry and present your work.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a copy of the “sliding cat” print out, food colouring, 250ml of water, an old straw or rolled-up paper tube and an empty small tub/cup/glass.
Step 2
On a piece of paper, draw an outline of the cat or use the template provided.
Step 3
Mix drops of food colouring with water to make ink in the small cup.
Step 4
Use the straw to place a drop of your ink on the drawing and blow it using your straw or mouth.
Step 5
Let your art dry and present your art.
Step 1
For this activity you will need crayons, a pair of scissors, three pieces of paper, glue, a pencil, an eraser and a marker.
Step 2
On a piece of paper, draw different shapes (square, two triangles, two rectangles, two circles and an ‘S’ for the tail) and colour them in different colours.
Step 3
Cut out the different shapes and start to paste them together to make the cat.
Step 4
Complete and present your cat.
Step 1
For this activity you will need newspapers / magazines, glue, a piece of paper and a pencil.
Step 2
Draw a cat outline on a piece of paper.
Step 3
Choose pictures / pages from the magazine / newspaper and rip them into small pieces.
Step 4
Paste those small pieces of magazine / newspaper on your cat outline. Use the different colours you find in your magazine or newspapers to create your cat.