for teachers, librarians & families
Free lesson plans, story activities and classroom guides made by teachers and educators – all built around Rob’s Splat books, and gathered in one place. Each one opens on its creator’s own site.
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our three favourites
Tried, free and ready for the classroom tomorrow morning.
Teaching Ideas
Classroom ideas for the very first Splat book: spot the alliteration, turn the story into a play script, try a magnifying-glass science test, make a book trailer, and talk about first days at school, excuses and helping others. Includes a printable word search.
By Teaching Ideas · teachingideas.co.uk
Grade Onederful
A step-by-step painting lesson – black paint, fluffed-up fur, chalk and googly eyes – and a free ten-page story pack with a sheet for each of ten Splat books: characters, setting, beginning, middle and end.
By Barbara at Grade Onederful · gradeonederful.com
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
A complete 45–60 minute lesson. Children sell cake ingredients, earn “Splat bucks” by finding -ake words, then budget for a cake of their own – reading, phonics, adding and subtracting, with first ideas about money.
By Andrea Caceres-Santamaria, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · stlouisfed.org/education
for a whole Splat term
Two more collections, one for a school trip and one from the theatre.
Mosswood Connections
Read-aloud questions about being too excited to sleep and coping with disappointment, plus drawing, animal research and craft ideas. Written as much for parents at home as for teachers.
An older page – a few of the links it points on to may no longer work.
By Mosswood Connections · mosswoodconnections.com
The Magik Theatre
Written for the Magik Theatre’s stage version of Splat the Cat (script by David Morgan), and just as useful with the book: discussion questions, word work, story writing, maths problems, science, social studies, art and music. There’s a guide for each age group.
By The Magik Theatre, San Antonio · shared by Irving Arts Center
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an idea from the studio
Rob plans every book in a storyboard, going over it again and again. On a first pass the pictures are quick, rough sketches, with the words pencilled in beside them – including the lines he crossed out and wrote again (Secret Agent Splat!). With each pass the drawings fill out and the words settle into place on the page (Love, Splat). Tap either one to see it bigger.
choosing a book
Splat’s stories are about first days, friendship and big feelings – perfect for circle time. The I Can Read books are levelled for brand-new readers.
Every resource on this page is made, owned and hosted by the people credited on it. We link to their sites rather than copying their work, so you always get their latest version and they get the credit. Each site has its own terms – most are free for classroom and home use, and some ask that their materials aren’t shared or republished elsewhere. Links checked October 2026.