Blankets: Story Time! “Guess How Much I Love You”
Here is a story you could read to your little one in the den you may have created together. This story celebrates unmeasurable love, maybe between you and your child or your child and their teddy..
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Boxes: Story Time! “Not a Box”
We’ve been inspired by Antionette Portis’s brilliant book “Not a Box”, a lovely reminder of how young children can create vibrant imaginary worlds of wonder simply with the power of their extraordinary MINDS. Here’s some of the Playbus team putting their own imaginations to work!
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Exploring Emotions: Story Time! “In My Heart – A Book of Feelings”
What a lovely book “In My Heart – A Book of Feelings” (by Jo Witek) is! Here’s the Hackney Playbus team.. showing you how their hearts are feeling!
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Laundry Baskets: Story Time! “Tortoise Finds Her Home”
“Tortoise finds her home”, by Maya Fowler, teaches children to help each other! Shall we all help tortoise find her house in time?
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Mark Making: Story Time! “Monsters Love Colours”
“Monsters Love Colours”, a book by Mike Austin, is one of our favourites, which is why we acted it out in such a silly way! What is your favourite colour?
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Movement: Story Time! ” From Head to Toe”
Here’s Eric Carle’s story “From Head to Toe”, a book about movement and actions and parts of the body with the help of animals!
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Nature Play: Story Time! “Poppy and the Blooms”
Here’s a nice story for you, “Poppy and the Blooms”, by Fiona Woodcock. This a story about how even the smallest of actions can make great difference!
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Pots and Pans: Story Time! “Pumpkin Soup”
Here’s a lovely story for you, “Pumpkin Soup”, by Helen Cooper, a story about friendship and sharing. Enjoy!
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Sensory Play: Story Time! “Edward Gets Messy”
Here’s a story for you: “Edward Gets Messy”, by Rita Meade, in which Edward realises it’s alright to get messy! Hackney Playbus thinks messy is fun!
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Sticks: Story Time! “Not A Stick”
Imaginative play is vital to development (and so fun!), as it allows children to express themselves freely, reveal their lovely personalities, while also making sense of the world. So here we are celebrating the power of imagination inspired by Antoinette Portis’ “Not a Stick”.
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Story Time! “Elmer”
The story of Elmer inspires us to look at our differences and celebrate them, reveal our “true colours” and be comfortable being unique.
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Story Time: “Spoon”
Here is a lovely reading of “Spoon” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a story that celebrates our talents and encourages us to feel good about ourselves and the things that we do!
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String: Story Time! “The Very Busy Spider”
“The Very Busy Spider” (by Eric Carle), features some of our lovely animal friends, plus some of Ian’s really funny animal impersonations aaand.. noises!
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Water: Story Time! “Splash!”
Join Elephant, Lion and Giraffe playing with the water.. splash, splash, splashing!
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Water: Story Time! “The Owl and the Pussycat”
Story time on a boat! How special is that? “The Owl and the Pussycat” by Edward Lear, a lovely story about love!
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