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Mischief Mouse's collection of craft activities for preschool and early years.
Printable resources to help support play - colouring, mark making, labelling, promoting, engaging and extending..
Magical Mammoth's recipes to play with and recipes to eat ..
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  Storybooks for play
     Book titles for children's play, learning and development ..
Feelings and the senses story books to explore words
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Please enjoy ..

The way I feel ..  
 The way I feel  by Janan Cain
Today I feel silly ..
  
  Today I feel silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
No matter what ...

 No matter what by Debi Gliori

Small was feeling grim and dark.
Playing toss and fling and squash, yell and scream and bang and crash. Break and snap and bash and batter.

'Good grief' said Large, 'What is the matter'

Small said 'I'm a grim and grumpy little small and nobody loves me at all.'

Hiccup potamus

  Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz

What to do when the hiccups strike ..
Rhyming fun


Sharing a shell book
   Sharing a shell by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
Explore what's needed for everyone to get on with each other, the feelings that evokes, friendships and resolving conflict
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Contrary Mary

 Contrary Mary
 
The selfish crocodile

  The selfish crocodile by Faustin Charles and Mike Terry 
 
Grumpy Badger's Christmas

 Grumpy Badger's Christmas
When I'm big ..

  When I'm big by Debbie Gliori
Explore some of the frustrations of age and size related restrictions.. and how being small has its good parts as well.

Can't you sleep little bear ..

  Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth

Read along with little bear and big bear as they look at fear of the unknown, or what can't be seen due to a darkness . and what natural and artificial problem solving happens to help little bear sleep .
It's Spring and Dougless is searching for the perfect hug ..

  Hugless Douglas by David Melling
It's spring time and Douglas wakes up looking for the perfect hug ..
 Sandwich hug, daisy chain hug, self hug, group hug ..
Play hug!

Should Sam the dog really be a dragon in a wagon or maybe a giraffe with a scarf ..

 Dragon in a wagon written by Lynley Dodd
Friends are around when there is and isn't a need.

Explore desire, wonderings, what ifs and curiosity and discover the aspects of a relationships that are most valued ..
Great book that also supports rhythm and rhyming
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Bear feels scared

 Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
Colour me happy

 Colour Me Happy! by Shen Roddie and Ben Cort

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