The Gruffalo's Child - Learn English through Stories

The Gruffalo’s Child follows the adventures of the young gruffalo searching for the Big Bad Mouse. The gruffalo’s child meets all the forest animals again in this fun sequel to the popular bestseller.

This story is perfect for leading into practice of body parts, describing physical appearance, colours and animals.

You can get your own copy of the book here or watch the storytelling videos.

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Storytelling videos

Gruffalo World – The Gruffalo's Child Clips Compilation

Gruffalo's Child – Narrated by Pad (The complete, proper version)

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child (by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler)

Body songs

One Little Finger featuring @NoodleAndPals | Kids Song | Super Simple Songs

Kidzone – One Finger One Thumb

One Finger One Thumb Keep Moving – Children's Songs – Kids by The Learning Station

Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (Speeding Up) | Nursery Rhyme | Super Simple Songs

Body Parts Song for Kids – This is ME! by ELF Learning – ELF Kids Videos

Body Parts

Body Parts Song for Kids: My Body!

Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes with Lyrics ♫ Kids Learning Songs ♫ Camp Song & Brain Breaks for Kids

The Hokey Cokey – Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs – LearnEnglish Kids British Council

Forest animal songs

Forest Dance | Animal Song for Kids

Learn Forest Animals for Kids | What Is It? Game for Kids | Maple Leaf Learning

Owl Song Lyric Video – The Kiboomers Preschool Songs & Nursery Rhymes About Nocturnal Animals

One Little Owl | Family Sing Along – Muffin Songs

The Owl Song | Fun Educational Songs for Big Kids, Preschoolers and Toddlers

Owl song ♫

Colour songs

I See Something Blue | Colors Song for Children | Super Simple Songs

Color Song for Kids: Learn 9 Colors

The Colors Song ~ Learn the Colors / Colours ~ LEARN ENGLISH with Natural English ~ LEARN VOCABULARY

Colors | Word Songs | Word Power | PINKFONG Songs for Children

Colorful Fruits | Word Power | PINKFONG Songs for Children

Color Bus | Bus Songs | Car Songs | Pinkfong Songs for Children

Colors Song – Color Song for Children – Kids Songs by The Learning Station

Colors Action Song With Matt | Learn 7 Colors | Learn English Kids

Colours song from Steve | Color Song for Children

Other Gruffalo activities

Official Gruffalo website – Find downloadable activities to complement the story.

Teaching ideas – Lots of ideas for using the story to teach different core curriculum subjects. More suitable for native English speakers.