Plan First!
Made for 5 to 7 years4 to 5 minutes aloud40 pages
Plan a little, go, fix the plan. Neither friend wins, and each is right once. Speech bubbles carry the story, one or two a page, with common sight words for new readers.
Written by Sara Lundquist. Characters and art by Blake Lundquist.
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Why ages 5 to 7 years
Plan a little, go, fix the plan. Neither friend wins, and each is right once. Speech bubbles carry the story, one or two a page, with common sight words for new readers.
Read-aloud guide
Questions to ask, words to point at and repeat, and a follow-up activity. It arrives with the book.
Meanwhile: Making plans, Friendship
Printables
11 free sheets for this story: cards, mazes, a certificate and more, in A4 and US Letter.
Printables for Plan First!
Free, no email, no account. For personal and classroom use, not for resale.
Bookmarks: Plan First!
Bookmarks · ages 5 to 8
Three bookmarks to cut out.
Bookplates: Plan First!
Bookplates · ages 5 to 8
Eight "This book belongs to" labels to cut out and stick in.
Certificate: I made a plan!
Certificate · ages 5 to 8
A certificate to fill in and hang up.
Colour the cove
Colouring page · ages 5 to 8
A scenery page to colour, from the world of the story. Scenery only; the characters join when Blake's drawings are ready.
Feelings cards: Plan First!
Feelings cards · ages 5 to 8
Feeling words on colour cards. No faces, so a child decides what a feeling looks like.
Plan first! Make a plan sheet
Make a plan sheet · ages 5 to 8
Say what you want to do, list the steps, think about what could go wrong and draw a map.
Tidepool maze: Plan First!
Maze · ages 5 to 8
A tidepool maze to trace with a finger or a pencil, with the way through on page two.
Real Sandpiper Point: shorebirds and crabs
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 4 to 8
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Real Sandpiper Point: tidepools
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 2 to 8
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Story sequencing cards: Plan First!
Story sequencing cards · ages 5 to 8
Cut out the story moments, mix them up and put them back in order. Art frames wait for Blake's pictures.
Word cards: Plan First!
Word cards · ages 5 to 8
The words to point at and say again in Plan First!, each with the line it comes from.
Formats
Paperback, 6×9
A tall early-reader paperback with speech bubbles, 40 pages.
Best for: New readers, ages 5 to 8.
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Hardcover, 6×9
The early reader in a case-laminate hardcover.
Best for: Gifts and school bags that get thrown around.
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Keepsake editions
Later and quote-only: box sets, lap-size boards, sewn hardcovers, a landscape storyteller's edition and a two-book bind-up.
Best for: Gifts and collectors.
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Set in
The harbor
A pier, a few boats and a lot of low tide. A good place for a plan, and a better place to change it. See it on the map