Funnybones - Family Learning Bundle

Bring Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s much-loved Funnybones to life with a fun, story-based learning bundle designed especially for home-educating families.

This bundle uses one familiar story as the foundation for a whole range of literacy and creative learning activities, helping children develop important skills while enjoying a book they already love.

Inside the bundle, you'll find activities including:

📖 Before Reading – fun story invitations and activities to spark curiosity and encourage children to make predictions about the story.

💬 Talk About the Story – questions and discussion prompts to develop comprehension, vocabulary, speaking and listening skills.

✏️ Reading & Writing – activities inspired by the characters, setting and events in Funnybones, with opportunities to develop vocabulary, sentence writing, storytelling and creative writing.

💀 Explore the Skeletons – playful activities inspired by the skeleton characters, encouraging children to think about bones, bodies and movement.

🎨 Creative Activities – opportunities to draw, design, make and create inspired by the story.

🔎 Word & Vocabulary Activities – explore interesting words from the story, describe characters and settings, and play with language.

🌙 Story-Inspired Play & Exploration – hands-on ideas that take learning beyond the page and encourage children to act, imagine and explore.

The activities can be adapted for different ages and abilities, making the bundle ideal for families learning together. Younger children can focus on talking, vocabulary and mark-making, while older children can develop their reading comprehension, sentence construction and creative writing.

One story becomes the starting point for hours of meaningful learning.

Read it. Talk about it. Create from it. Explore it. 🌸