The Water Boatman L1-Art & Craft promoting confidence and engagement in

promoting confidence and engagement in early learning settings

and manipulate the circles

Role-playing with dolls encourages children to express emotions

paired with the expressive audio narration

and magnetic letters or shapes

The Water Boatman L1-Art & Craft promoting confidence and engagement inThe Water Boatman introduces young readers to two fascinating pond dwellers and their habitats through simple, clear informational text. Early in the story, a regular text pattern supports reading confidence, paired with closely matched pictures that aid comprehension. Present tense verbs such as lives, swims, holds, and eats are emphasised, alongside compound words like mudfish and boatman. Adjectives describing position front, middle, and back are