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Brave Thinkers · ages 7-8Communication · 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.
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Your choice: The Communication River · Brave Thinkers (ages 7-8) · printable PDF + online adventure
This edition is still being written, illustrated and tested. We only sell an edition once all 30 missions are finished in both formats.
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 7-8 · Brave Thinkers
Ollie's Hello
Ollie says: “Right. I've got this. Hello! Did you know the frogs moved lily pads on Tuesday, and also the ferry...”Ollie
- About 10 to 15 min
- Reads the story themselves
- Parent nearby, child leads
- Role-play
The harbour bell clangs twice. That means boats. Ida the seal, the harbourmaster, slides a clipboard across the welcome desk to you and Ollie.
"Three boats today," she says. "Each visitor gets a proper hello. Not a speech, Ollie. A hello."
The story continues in the mission.
First, a choice: 4 options
- Wave, smile and say their name
- Hello, their name and a question about the trip
- A nod, then let them speak first
- Ollie's way: his big news first
On the printed page: Draw a line from each visitor to the hello you'd use.
By the end they have: Welcome desk clipboard: three visitors greeted.
You will need: Three hats, scarves or props for the visitors (optional) · Scraps of paper for the hidden trip facts (optional)
- Your partner plays three visitors stepping off their boats, with a different voice, walk or hat for each. They secretly decide one fact about each visitor's trip (a storm, a lost parcel, a race) and keep it hidden.
- Greet the first visitor: a wave, a smile or a hello, plus their name. Your partner makes up a name if the visitor needs one.
- Ask a question about the trip. Keep asking until you find the hidden fact.
- Greet the next two visitors in a different way each time. Try one wave-only hello.
- Swap: you play the visitors and your partner greets. Notice which hello made you want to talk.
Smaller step if needed: Greet one visitor with a wave and their name, and ask one question.
The grown-up’s part: Play the visitors with some character: a grumpy crab, a nervous toad. Only give up the hidden trip fact when a question gets close to it.
This week, greet someone you don't know well at school or a club by name, and ask them one question about their weekend.
What it practises: Practise greeting someone by name and asking one question about them, then listening to the answer.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Communication River for ages 7-8. 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.
At ages 7-8 (Brave Thinkers)
Multi-step games, mysteries, problem-solving, short writing, real-world challenges. About 10-20 min (a few up to 25) per mission. Short reading and writing. Grown-up role: parent nearby, child leads.
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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