SuitabookThe way to school
Rosemary A. McCarney
- Reading
- Look through the photographs together, first noticing transport and route, then discussing what might make each journey difficult; allow the child to set the pace around frightening details.
- Themes
- Access to education: Children reach class by varied means, including buses, bicycles, canoes, tunnels, ladders, animals and carts. The range of journeys can encourage comparison between familiar travel and routes shaped by local surroundings.
- Place and environmental challenge: The path to school may be long, hard or scary depending on the land, weather and natural disasters. The book appears to connect ordinary routines with environmental conditions rather than presenting one universal school journey.
- Worth knowing
- Some journeys are described as long, hard or scary, and natural disasters are mentioned; a child may want reassurance or a pause when discussing these conditions.