LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN LITTLE TIM AND OBJECTIVES from construction paper. Show the boat to THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN • Children will explore the feeling of wanting children and have them imagine that this is a by Edward Ardizzone to run away. magical boat that will take them any place, Themes: Running Away, The Sea • Children will learn about boating and life at real or imaginary, that they choose. Have Grade Level: K-3 sea. children think about where they would want Running Time: 11 minutes, iconographic • Children will learn the importance of this magical boat to take them. Then have preparing for future occupations. children write stories about their adventures SUMMARY LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN is on this magical boat. Display the stories with BEFORE VIEWING ACTIVITIES the story of a boy who dreams of being a the boat on a classroom wall or bulletin Share the book, LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE sailor. In fact, this child is so intent upon board. SEA CAPTAIN, with children. becoming a sailor that he decides to run Invite speakers to your classroom who Talk with children about their own boating away to sea at the first opportunity. This are sailors or who are involved in a variety of trips or ocean adventures. Ask: opportunity arises sooner than the boy occupations. Arrange to have the speakers • What do you enjoy most about the sea? expects. A boatman asks the boy to join him describe their occupations and the kinds of • What was it like to ride in a boat on the as he takes his motor boat out to meet a preparation necesary for these jobs as they ocean (river, lake, pond)? steamer. The boy decides to hide on the talk with children. • How would you spend your days if you steamer when the boatman leaves, begin- were on a large boat at sea? ning his journey as a stowaway. Other videos about adventures and running away Discuss with children the things they available from Weston Woods include: When the boy is discovered on the might like to be when they grow up. Have Alexander and the Car With A Missing steamer he must carry his weight by scrub- them compose a short paragraph about their Headlight by Peter Fleischmann & bing the deck and doing all kinds of chores. future occupations and what they would do. Morton Schindel In short order, everyone becomes fond of the The Cow who Fell in the Canal by Phyllis boy and the boy begins to feel that, indeed, AFTER VIEWING ACTIVITIES Krasilovsky, ill. by Peter Spier this is the life for him. One day a storm Talk with children about their own desire Granpa by John Burningham begins to rage at sea. That night all on board to run away when they become angry or frus- Joey Runs Away by Jack Kent pile into life rafts as the ship is tossed and trated. Ask: Madeline and the Gypsies by Ludwig turned so violently that it becomes apparent • What happened to make you feel you Bemelmans that the ship will sink. Unfortunately, the boy wanted to run away? Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully remains on board with the captain who pre- • How did you solve your problem? The Snowman™ by Raymond Briggs pares for Davey Jones’s locker. At the very As children discuss these questions, empha- size the importance of talking through feel- Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens by James last moment, the boy and the captain are Marshall saved. The boy is returned home from his ings of anger and frustration with parents and amazing adventure with the captain. guardians. Draw and cut out a large, simple boat CALL 1-800-243-5020 TO ORDER THESE AND OTHER WESTON WOODS VIDEOS! This guide may be photocopied for free distribution without restriction