Detective Day / Pocket Detective Notebooks
Pocket Detective Notebooks
Children make a small stapled notebook with a home-made badge on the cover, ready to record clues throughout the day.
How to run it
- Fold several sheets of paper in half and add a card cover.
- Staple along the fold, with an educator handling the stapler for younger children.
- Decorate the cover with a drawn or cut-out detective badge and the child's agent name.
- Encourage children to use their notebooks for clue-gathering in other activities.
You will need
- A4 paper
- card
- stapler
- markers
- scissors
Make it easier or harderPre-fold pages for younger children; older children can add a secret code key on the back page.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 1, Outcome 5Children personalise a tool for recording observations and ideas in writing and drawing.
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