This is My Dad (Teacher Notes)

TEACHER NOTES (downloadable PDF) for the book This is My Dad.

Leo is an only child living with his mother who is a single parent and an enthusiastic writer of children's stories, spending much of her day (and nights) battling bad guys and conjuring up strange new worlds.

Leo is accustomed to her virtual absence and comfortable with his family set-up. He loves school, especially opportunities to Show and Tell with the rest of his classmates. However, when they are invited to present a talk about their fathers, Leo falls silent and withdraws. How can he celebrate someone he has never met? Leo has never known a father figure and endeavours to find clues as to who he might have been.

He never finds any and worries that he will have nothing to share on the TELL US ABOUT YOUR DAD DAY at school. It's not until Leo realises that he does know someone who is cool, courageous and clever that he recognises a creative and unconventional solution to his dilemma.

Audience age: 4-8 years
Key Curriculum Areas: English Literacy, The Arts, Writing, Social Science, HPE, Science, Music, Maths