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Little Explorers · ages 3-4Communication · 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 · Little Explorers (ages 3-4) · 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 3-4 · Little Explorers
Ollie's Hello
Ollie says: “Oh no! I talked so much, the frog didn't get a turn.”Ollie
- About 5 to 8 min
- Story read aloud to them
- Parent-led throughout
- Role-play
Toot toot! Here comes a boat! A little frog is on board.
Ollie runs to the edge. "Hello hello hello! Did you have a nice trip? Do you like fish? I like fish. Guess what I had for breakfast..."
Bob, bob. The boat floats away. The frog never got a hello back.
First, a choice: 3 options
- A big wave
- A big smile
- Hello and a name
On the printed page: Point to the hello you'll give first.
By the end they have: Harbour hellos for every teddy.
You will need: A few teddies or toys · A toy boat, a shoe or a box to push
- Together, sit teddies and toys in a row along the sofa or the floor. That's the harbour.
- Push a toy boat (or a shoe) to the first teddy and say: Toot toot! Here comes a boat!
- Give that teddy a hello your way: a wave, a smile, or hello and its name. Then on to the next one.
Smaller step if needed: Say hello to just one teddy, or let the boat do the waving.
The grown-up’s part: Voice the teddies and have them answer every kind of hello warmly. Keep your own hello short too.
This week, with your grown-up right beside you, wave or say hello to someone you meet and say their name if you know it.
What it practises: Practise greeting someone in a way that suits you: a wave, a smile or hello and a name.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Communication River for ages 3-4. 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 3-4 (Little Explorers)
Picture matching, movement, simple choices, pretend play, storytelling. About 5-10 min (a few up to 12) per mission. No reading needed. Grown-up role: parent-led throughout.
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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