We’re off to climb mountains, all the way to the top…Our friends keep us going – they won’t let us stop.
We are together by Britta Tenckentrup is a celebration of love and friendship. Through colourful illustrations and fun peek a boo holes, children of all ages will see the power of friends as the story travels along.
This book is a wonderful story to share with children as it highlights many things about self love and love of others.
It starts with the importance of our own self – our special gifts, dreams and hopes but it then shows that with one other and perhaps more than one other – we can achieve so much more.
Friends help us to see the bright side of life, they help us believe more in our selves and follow those dreams.
Young children will love the new person that appears on every page and the people shaped holes that are made with each page turn.
If ever we’re lonely, we’ll just say out loud: Let’s all stand together, one big happy crowd!
We are together by Britta Tenckentrup is a book to share with all young children, one to pour over the illustrations together and discuss about how we feel about ourselves and the people who surround us.
Self belief and positive peer groups are such an influential catalysts in the development of our young children. Talking openly with children about their gifts and how working with others who respect us is important – and through We are together by Britta Tenckentrup, this discussion can be brought up so much easier.
So what else can you do with this book?
Personal Development
Link this book with any Personal Development units of work in the classroom – talk about the gifts each child has. Discuss the important people in their lives who support them and make them feel respected and listened to.
Explore the people we are friends with – how their strengths and their weaknesses help us to become better people.
Visual Art
Look at the technique Britta has used to introduce new characters on each page.
Literacy
Explore the use of rhyme throughout the story and create a new stanza that could be added somewhere in the book to add more information about the importance of self belief and friendship.
