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River Talk Town · 30 missionsThe Communication River
Ages 3 to 10 · four levelsCommunication · with Ollie
The Communication River
30 playful missions to help your child practise saying what they need, listening well and joining in. Untangle the muddled messages of River Talk Town so its boats and bridges work again, with Ollie as their guide.
Choose their level
$29.99 PDF + online adventureChoose an age level first
Choose your child’s age level above. Each level is a separate edition with its own 30 missions.
Also part of Choose Any 3 ($74.99) and the Complete Collection ($184.99), each for one age level.
The story
The goal: Untangle the muddled messages of River Talk Town so its boats and bridges work again.
Your child’s part: Your child listens for clues, says what they need and asks the questions that untangle each message. Every message they put right lights a buoy, until the bells on Big Voice Bridge can ring again.
Communication is both sides of talking: saying what you need clearly and listening so others feel heard.
Why parents might choose it
- They struggle to explain what they need
- Listening and waiting for a turn are hard
- You’d like richer conversations at home
Just gentle ideas to help you choose.
The Communication River
Here’s what a mission looks like
The story goal: Untangle the muddled messages of River Talk Town so its boats and bridges work again.
Mission 1 · Hello Harbour
Ages 5-6 · Growing Minds
Ollie's Hello
Ida says: “Every boat that arrives gets a hello. That's the harbour rule.”Ida
- About 10 to 15 min
- Story read aloud to them
- Guided play, growing independence
- Role-play
Your boat bumps against the brick quay of Hello Harbour. An otter is bouncing on a mooring post, his message bottle swinging. That's Ollie!
Three more boats are puttering in behind you. A big grey seal rings a brass bell. She is Ida, the harbourmaster.
First, a choice: 4 options
- A big wave
- Hello, Captain Pinch!
- A smile and a nod
- My own hello
On the printed page: Draw or name three visitors in the boats.
By the end they have: Greeting cards: three visitors named on the page.
You will need: Three toys or socks · A cushion, box or tea towel for the boat
- Choose three toys, or make three sock puppets, to be the visitors. Give each one a name.
- Make a boat from a cushion, a box or a tea towel. The grown-up sails each visitor in.
- Greet each visitor as it arrives: their name and a smile, or a wave. Any hello counts.
- Swap. You sail the visitors in and the grown-up greets them. Can they remember all three names?
Smaller step if needed: Greet one visitor today, with a wave.
The grown-up’s part: Make the visitors a bit silly: a crab who only walks sideways, a toy who is very sleepy. Accept any hello your child chooses.
This week, when you learn a new person's name (at the park, at a club or next door), say hello with their name or give them a wave.
What it practises: Practise greeting someone with their name and a smile, a wave or a word.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Communication River for ages 5-6. The edition is not yet approved, so wording may change, and the mission’s own illustrations are still to come.
The five-chapter journey
Five places in River Talk Town. Thirty missions. Five stars to collect.
Six missions in each chapter. Finishing a chapter lights up a new star on the map, on paper and on screen.
- Hello Harbour · missions 1 to 6
- Listening Lagoon · missions 7 to 12
- Story Stream · missions 13 to 18
- Question Falls · missions 19 to 24
- Big Voice Bridge · missions 25 to 30
Activities in this adventure
Role-play, Story choices, Memory game, Real-world challenge, Drawing.
Choose an age level to see how the missions work at that stage, or compare all four on Age levels.
What’s included
One adventure, two ways to play.
The printable PDF
- Adventure introduction and character pages
- All five chapters and 30 missions, fully illustrated
- Puzzles to circle, match, draw and colour
- Grown-up guidance and answer notes
- Progress map with stars to colour
- Reward stickers to cut out
- Completion certificate
The online adventure
- The same 30 missions as interactive games
- Tap, drag, reveal and choose instead of writing
- Character reactions and completion animations
- Digital stars, badges and a final certificate
- Carry on where you stopped, on any device
- Works on phones, tablets and computers
- Tap alternatives to every drag-and-drop
Paper and screen
Every activity works both ways.
The same mission plays on paper or on screen with the same answer. This is how each activity type changes between the two formats.
| Activity | In the PDF | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Story choice | Circle an answer | Tap an answer |
| Secret code | Draw the symbols | Tap symbols into a lock |
| Matching | Draw lines | Drag or tap pairs |
| Ordering | Number the pictures | Drag or tap into order |
| Hidden things | Colour what you find | Tap the scene |
| Feelings | Colour a face | Tap a face |
| Drawing | Draw in the frame | Draw on screen |
| Real world | Tick the box | Tap “We tried it!” |
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