Whose hat is it anyway?

Hats can evoke any number of different moods – from comical to mysterious

Hats are fantastic fun! They are perfect resources to use as a visual stimulus to inspire your class to greater creativity. You’ll discover not-to-be-missed opportunities to explore role play as you try on different hats; group discussion about the hat as a symbol of social status; story writing involving hat-wearing characters and report writing into the history of hats. Finally, as your class comes to create and design their own hats, there are plenty of possibilities for instructional and persuasive writing.

Alphabetical hats

There are so many different types of hats that it is probably possible to come up with a dictionary of hats, with a different type for each letter of the alphabet. If the children get stuck on some letters, for example ‘x’ or ‘z’, they can always invent new hats for them! Can the children draw a xylophone hat or a zebra hat? You could present your ideas as a pop-up novelty or flap book designed for younger children in the school, for example lifting the letter or the word flap will reveal the hat and the wearer! It’s a good way of extending the children’s vocabulary, too, as they discover the wonderful names given to different hats.