For teachers – free downloads, ages 4 to 10

We know a lot of teachers are using What Happened to You? in schools, so we got an actual teacher – Ale from Read with River – to create a lesson plan with us. Thanks to Faber, the UK publisher, for commissioning it. you can find it on their website too.

And there’s now a US version of the lesson plan from Little Brown – at the bottom of this page.

These learning resources were put together with a view to teaching in the UK and internationally. In the UK, Early Years Foundation Stage and Year 1 covers from four to six years old, and Years 2, 3 & 4 covers ages six to ten. You can download the pdfs for free just below.

Age four to six: UK Early Years Foundation Stage & Year 1

Ages six to ten: UK Years 2, 3 and 4

Little Brown have helpfully made a US version – adapted from the young lesson plan above.

The US lesson plan – ages 3 to 6

If you don’t have a copy of the book yet, it’s available in most bookshops, and from our local Blackwell’s, who deliver internationally. It’s illustrated by Karen George, and published by Faber in the UK, and Little Brown in the US.

You might also be interested in our thoughts for teachers on disability and children’s books more generally. We have a KidLitCripCrit list too, of our favourite picture books featuring disabled characters.

Hope this is helpful!

– Lucy and James Catchpole

Edit 23rd August: the reference to “hearing impairment” should read “D/deaf” instead – we’re trying to change this in the pdf.