For English, Year 1 have been reading a wonderful book entitled “Leo and the Octopus” by Isabelle Marinov.
About “Leo and the Octopus”
Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn’t understand the other children in his class, and they don’t seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an Octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn’t alone in this world after all.
“The sensitive descriptions throughout the book of what it is like to have autism are accurate and perceptive on so many levels”.
(Professor Tony Attwood, author of Asperger’s Syndrome: A guide for parents and professionals).
As a cross curricular project, the children have been creating their own Octopi, which can be seen in the gallery below. Please click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
