Sam Hensen's production design keeps the period ambivalent: the
story appears to be
set now, but for much
of it, you wonder whether we're actually in the»60s,»50s, even the»30s; the house's dark, dully furnished interiors echo both The Night
of the Hunter and, perhaps inevitably, Psycho (a
doll propped up in a chair presumably stands in for Mother).
Soon Caroline happens upon a bunch
of mutilated baby
dolls and mirrors (see also: Walter Salles's similar - in - so - many - other - ways - too Dark Water), learns the
story of how an old black servant couple (Mama Cecille (Jeryl Prescott) and Papa Justify (Ronald McCall)-RRB- were lynched and
set on fire for teaching their white master's children the dark arts, and then discovers that Papa Justify, before his untimely immolation, had figured out the secret to eternal life by «borrowing» years from other people.
Word searches - 2 word searches with words and pictures Writing pages - a collection
of photocopiable sheets with toy themed borders Writing worksheets - a collection
of worksheets with toy pictures and lines below for writing My favourite toy - draw and write about your favourite toy Word mat - an A4 word mat with words and pictures to use for writing activities Number line - a number line to 100 on colourful toys Alphabet line - a colourful alphabet line Flash cards - word and picture cards
of lots
of different toys Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy design Colouring pictures - a collection
of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number
of toys Size ordering - order the Russian
dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection
of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions
of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a
story - a decorated worksheet for writing a
story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack
of resources to
set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities,
story telling resources plus much more