Teacher instruction – Milton and the invisible coronavirus

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Milton and the invisible coronavirus

Many things are different in the enchanted forest. Milton, Amanda and Conrad and all the other animals are at home in their caves. The coronavirus has affected the whole world and makes many people sick.
In the story, we visit the three friends in a very special time in the enchanted forest. Together with Milton, Amanda and Conrad, the children learn how to take care of each other and fight corona.

Material “Milton and the invisible coronavirus”

The material Milton and the invisible coronavirus provide a dialogue and immersion in the very special corona situation that has affected our world.
It is difficult for children to understand what is up and down and how bad it is in the world. Often they hear conversations between adults, hear news about the dead, ventilators and other difficult words that they do not know and understand.

The material Milton and the invisible coronavirus tell about the corona crisis in children friendly words. Milton’s universe in the enchanted forest forms the framework of the narrative. The story and the associated tasks open up the work with all the emotions, limitations and behavioral changes that are at play in the child when the corona hits the country.

The material Milton and the invisible coronavirus consist of:

Online materials
Book Milton and the invisible coronavirus

The book Milton and the Invisible Coronavirus is a 30-page pixi book written by M.D. Stromfeldt and Rikke Falkenberg.
The book is read online on the student’s page, as well as here on the teacher’s page.
In both places, the book is available as a digital book, with loaded audio files on each page.

Milton and the invisible coronavirus are written as dialogue based reading and should therefore be read with the child.

There are several difficult words and concepts that will require an explanation.

Exercises and games have been developed for the book.

 

Student exercises for Book Creator

For the material an exercise book has been made using the digital tool Book Creator. The book contains the pixi book Milton and the invisible coronavirus  as well as a large number of creative tasks that the child can solve with sound, pictures, text, drawing and video.

The student exercise book is made as a template that is copied and shared with the students.
In the teacher’s guide there is a detailed guide to the work with the student exercise book.

There are also thorough instructions on how to download the book and subsequently share it with students.

It all can be found here on the teacher side.

 

Teacher instruction for Book Creator

In the teacher’s instruction there is a detailed guide to the work with the student exercise book.
See how to create a library, copy the book, and share the template with students.
There are also instructions for all the functions used in the work with the exercise book.

Milton and the Invisible coronavirus is a great way to get to know Book Creator.

Audio book by Lars Bom

English coming soon

The story Milton and the Invisible coronavirus is recorded as an audio book by Danish actor Lars Bom.
You can hear the book read aloud.

Listen to the audio book here

Milton's Hand-wash song

English coming soon

In the story, we hear how Milton, Amanda and Conrad write a wash-hands song that they sing while washing hands.

The text is in the pixie book, where there are also drawings that show how to wash your hands thoroughly.
You can also use the song when washing your hands.

The song is recorded in Danish.

Listen here

Exercises and games

On the student’s page, there are various exercises and games that can be solved online.

There are exercises where students have to fill in the missing words in the wash-hands song, go in search of new words or find the pictures that match.

They can also compete in the digital flip game.

The exercises are also available here on the teacher page.

For more info see on the student page

Materials for printing
Student exercises for printing

An analogue version of the exercise book is available for printing on this page.

Many pages with creative exercises for schooling, which can be read with drawing and text.

The tasks are based on the pixi book Milton and the invisible coronavirus.

Teacher’s instructions with descriptions of all exercises can be found here for printing

Teacher instructions for printing

The teacher’s instruction for the analogue version of the student exercise book is available for printing on this page.

In the teacher’s guide, there is an introduction to the work, as well as descriptions of all the pages of creative exercises that can be found in the student exercise book.

Student exercise book – analogue for printing and digital for Book Creator

The Student exercise book for Milton and the invisible coronavirus is available in two editions

  • A printed exercise book for printing PDF
  • Teacher’s guide is also available for print PDF
  • A digital book for use in Book Creator, see more below
  • Teacher’s guide can be found below, also in Book Creator

Both books contain creative tasks and games, for use in working with Milton and the invisible coronavirus.

The books in Book Creator

Below are 3 editions of the book Milton and the Invisible Coronavirus.

  1. The book without exercises
  2. The book with creative exercises made in Book Creator
  3. Parent and teacher guide for working with the student exercise book – developed by Leg med IT

All the books are available for download here on the site.

The student exercise Book in Book Creator:

Students are given their own copy of the exercise book, which they complete in Book Creator. In the book, they can solve problems with pictures, drawings, sound and video.
The teacher’s guide contains detailed tasks for the entire course from start to finish. There are also thorough instructions for the technical work in Book Creator.

Book creator can be accessed at www.bookcreator.com

Danish Audio book "Milton and the invisible coronavirus"

by Lars Bom

Listen to the Audio book by Danish actor Lars Bom

Coming soon in English

The story of Milton and the invisible coronavirus is recorded as an audio book.
You can hear the book read aloud while you read along. 

 

Fun and games with Milton, Conrad and Amanda

On the student page, there are play and games with the three friends Milton, Amanda and Conrad.

In the game Find the right words, students must find the missing words and drag them into the text. They must also write some words themselves.

In Find the Right Pairs, students must find the pictures that match. They can also collect digital puzzles with illustrations taken from the pixie book.

There is also a flipping game with pictures from Milton and the invisible coronavirus. The students can compete with each other about who will find the 6 pairs the fastest.

Finally, there is a digital exercises where the students have to search for words in a network of letters.

Below you will also find 3 games that can be involved in the work with Milton and the invisible coronavirus.

The games from the student side:
Play with Milton, Conrad and Amanda

Milton plays with Amanda and Conrad in the cave. They have fun together.

They’ve made some games for you.

Do you want to play with them?

Milton's Hand-wash song

by Milton and Jakob Grubbe

Sing with Milton, Amanda, Conrad and Jakob

Coming soon in English

In the story, we hear how Milton, Amanda and Conrad write a song they sing while washing their hands.
You can also use the song when washing your hands.

 

Play flip game with Milton

Here the children can compete with their friends. They can see who gets the most pairs or compete over who can solve the flip game in the fewest moves.

When the children get a pair, they have to tell about what they see in the picture.