Let's Build a Backyard

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get digging in Let's Build a Backyard-a lively, rhyming picture book that celebrates outdoor construction and creativity. This energetic story follows a group of young builders as they plan, dig, build and plant their way to a beautiful backyard. With bouncy rhymes and vibrant illustrations by a real-life engineer, this book brings STEM concepts to life in a playful, accessible way. It introduces key ideas about teamwork, design, sustainability, and effort-all wrapped up in the excitement of building a space to play and grow.

Perfect for early years and lower primary classrooms, Let's Build a Backyard offers the ideal combination of literacy, science, and outdoor learning. It supports themes around nature, hands-on learning, and collaborative play while inspiring children to observe and engage with their own backyard environments.

Educational Benefits:

• Introduces basic construction and engineering vocabulary for young learners.
• Supports STEM learning through practical, real-world building scenarios.
• Encourages outdoor engagement, sustainability, and teamwork.
• Promotes literacy through rhythm, rhyme and sequencing.

Classroom Ideas:

• Design and build a small garden space or model backyard using natural materials.
• Use the book to launch a STEM week on simple machines and construction.
• Act out the building process as a movement or drama activity.
• Invite students to draw plans for their ideal backyard and label each part.

Information:

• Ages: 3-7 years
• Format: Paperback picture book
• Theme: Backyard construction, teamwork, STEM
• Item Code: HACH1289