KS1&2 Teaching activities on The Kindest Red by Ibtihaj Muhammad

‘The Kindest Red’ by Ibtihaj Muhammad is a great book about a common school event: the school photograph. It touches on the themes of kindness, friendship and belonging.  This activity pack contains 6 different activities for children aged 5 -9.

1. Empathy task - children can think about their lives and document how they get ready for school photos.
2. Drawing task - children create a self or family portrait.
3. Writing task - this task allows children to write about their perfect world.
4. Self-efficacy task - an opportunity for children to think about ways in which they are special and unique.
5. Reading task - comprehension questions to support children in understanding the themes in the text in greater depth(2 pages).
6. Imaginative drawing task - like the lead character Asiyah, children can draw a picture of their ideal world as they see it.