This reading comprehension booklet uses the fascinating world of horses to help children develop key reading skills while also exploring body language, empathy and observation.

The texts encourage children to:

• Notice clues in behaviour

• Think about feelings and communication

• Practise retrieval, vocabulary and inference

This booklet includes:

• A fiction story

• A non-fiction information text

• A poem

• Written comprehension questions

• Teaching notes with verbal discussion prompts

KS1 Reading Comprehension Booklet

Age Range: Key Stage 1 (5 - 7 years)

These short texts can be both read by the child and read to the child depending on reading abilities.

They are designed to help bridge the gap between "learning to read" (decoding words) and "reading to learn" (understanding meaning). They aim to move children beyond simply recognising words on a page to interpreting the text, making inference and fostering a love for reading.

Learning Objectives:

• To retrieve simple information from a text

• To answer questions using full sentences

• To begin making simple inferences about feelings

• To understand basic horse body language

HERD OF FEELINGS: CREATIVE WRITING (upper KS1/KS2)

Reluctant writer? Pony mad learner? This one’s for you.

Herd of Feelings: Creative Writing is designed to build confidence first, then writing naturally follows.

Instead of pressure filled tasks, children:

• explore emotions through pony characters

• use word banks and prompts to support their writing

• develop descriptive language and storytelling skills

• gain confidence without fear of “getting it wrong”

Perfect for home educated children, this workbook creates clear written evidence of learning, showing progress in literacy, creativity and emotional understanding.

Great for intervention groups in the classroom with bite sized activities and emotional understanding.

Perfect for EFL settings on rainy days for creative writers who want to put what they’ve learnt about equine behaviour into imaginative activities.

This isn’t just writing… It’s meaningful, engaging work you can actually keep and show.

Helping children understand feelings through story writing

Herd of Feelings: Storytelling supports children to explore emotions through step by step sessions ending in a whole story.

Children will:

• create their own stories using emotion based pony characters

• build understanding of feelings like worry, confidence and calm

• develop communication and storytelling skills

• learn how to structure a story

• engage in learning without pressure or overwhelm

A beautiful way to create written evidence for home education, while also supporting emotional development and wellbeing.

Great for intervention groups in the classroom with bite sized activities and emotional understanding.

Perfect for EFL settings on rainy days to create stories about your herd and learn how structure story writing in an exciting way.

Because when children feel safe to explore emotions…their learning flows more easily.

This reading comprehension booklet uses the comparison of horses and donkeys to help children develop key reading skills.

The texts encourage children to:

• Notice similarities and differences

• Draw on what they already know about horses
  
  Aimed at Years 2/3/4