Kiddos

An optional discovery journey · 5 stories

Take the lead

Can you guide the next small task?

Retell a plan, lead gentle moves, share objects and guide a hunt. Let the child choose, direct and check while the grown-up follows.

Choose one story for today. Return to another when you want a new way to explore the same skill. Each stands on its own.

  1. Page 1 of 7. Benny holds a folded pale-yellow cloth in his lap, with a blue plastic plate and wooden spoon beside him in a forest picnic nook. Text: First. Next. Ready. Benny is making a picnic place. Can you help plan the steps? Three little actions. One finished setup.

    Stop 1 · Discovery 9

    First. Next. Ready.

    Plan and tell steps in order · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Use those order words for movements you can show together.

    Read & try together
  2. Page 1 of 7. Can you remember Benny’s secret moves? Benny stands on level grass under a leafy forest arch, smiling with both forepaws open toward us.

    Stop 2 · Discovery 19

    Copy my secret moves

    Remember a short action sequence · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Use a repeated action to carry out an equal-sharing plan.

    Read & try together
  3. Page 1 of 7. Benny sits beside two empty blue plates on a pale cloth in the forest. No spoons are shown in this opening invitation. Text: One for each. Two places. A little sharing puzzle. Can Benny make equal groups? Give one to each, then check.

    Stop 3 · Discovery 11

    One for each.

    Make two equal groups · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Follow a short order of places, using a new picture at each stop.

    Read & try together
  4. Page 1 of 7. Grown-up, hide clues. Child, take the card. Benny holds a card showing a wicker basket and looks toward the real basket farther along the woodland path.

    Stop 4 · Discovery 16

    Follow the picture clues

    Follow and make clues · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Try a map that shows the places together, with one marked hiding place.

    Read & try together
  5. Page 1 of 7. A tiny map. A hidden surprise. Benny stands at the edge of a small clearing, holding a map. A blue cloth lies near-left, a yellow cushion near-right, and a basket farther between them. The map shows the same arrangement, with a star on the basket.

    Stop 5 · Discovery 18

    The little treasure map

    Connect a simple map with real places · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Choose pictures, gestures or spoken clues to lead a new safe game together.

    Read & try together

For a family or a class.

Read each discovery’s adult setup. Prepare only the large safe materials for the story you are sharing today.

Notice the child’s explanation or gesture and the checking method they choose. There is no score, fixed pace or completion requirement.

Choose one story per session. The print cards include an index; each story’s full activity guide is available from its page or the print center.

Two-up story cards · A4Two-up story cards · US Letter
Shared-reading and classroom guidance

For the grown-ups · Keep the story going

Read with confidence.

Explore more original stories in Kiddos Books, or browse the available physical books to read together.

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