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LET’S CHAT ABOUT THE STORY ~ IDEAS FOR TALKING WITH KIDS

Conversation

1. When is the funniest time you’ve ever had the hiccups? What happened?

Bedtime Story for Babies written by Jade Maitre

Illustrated by Yulia Zhigulova

Book design by Jade Maitre

Music Video from zapsplat.com

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LET’S CHAT ABOUT THE STORY ~ IDEAS FOR TALKING WITH KIDS

Health, Hygiene, Independent Thinking

1. People don’t always get fleas, like Simha does. But what kinds of things happen when humans don’t bathe?

2. How do you think being clean is good for our health?

3. What are some other ways to be clean, apart from having a bath?

Short Story for Kids written by Prarthana Guru and Anu Madhavan

Illustrations by Sabrina Cristina

Music Video from zapsplat.com

About the Authors

Prarthana Gururaj works as a physical therapist by day and writes poems and stories for kids every chance she gets. Her teenage son inspires her more than he knows. Her hope is to light up a child’s imagination the same way her mother and grandfather did for her as a child. She lives in the US and writes more poems and stories on https://storysprouts.wixsite.com/storysprouts

Anuradha (Anu) Madhavan is a sometime physical therapist and an eternal student. She is currently a stay-at-home mom and treasures writing stories for children and grown-ups. She hopes to have many more stories and thoughts to share in the future. For now, she has stories in word documents, abundant chocolate and many hopes and dreams!

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Let’s Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids

Conversation

1. What are your favourite things to do in the bath?

2. Do you like to make a mess like Fluffy Duck?!

Learn-to-read phonics book written by Jade Maitre

Illustrated by Yulia Zhigulova

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Short story for kids written by Jade Maitre

Illustrated by Mihailo Tatic

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Let’s Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids

Fearfulness, Feelings, Conversation

1. Have you ever been scared of something silly? Why were you scared of it?

2. What is the worst thing you can imagine happening with the thing you are scared of? Do you think this would ever happen?

3. Can you think of some ways that you could feel less scared?

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Conversation

1. What do you like about bath time?

2. Have you ever been as dirty as the Dirty Smelly Beast? When was it? How did you get like that!

SHORT STORY FOR KIDS WRITTEN BY JON KEEVY

ILLUSTRATED BY JESS JARDIM-WEDEPOHL

DESIGNED BY THOKOZANI MKHIZE

EDITED BY BONGANI KONA

Credit music video: “Comedic Juggernaut” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Sneaky Snitch” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

* THE STORY ‘UNATHI AND THE DIRTY SMELLY BEAST’ WAS CREATED BY BOOK DASH AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

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Short story for kids written by Tracy Lynn Chemaly and Sarah-Jane Williams.

 
Illustrated by Robert McEwan 

Design and shading by Sarah-Jane Williams. 

* The story Bathtub Safari was created by Book Dash and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Minor formatting changes have been made to the original work to enable it to be read on our website.

Let’s Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids

 
Creativity 

1. Imagine you are in the bath and the floor is wet all over. What animal can you imagine playing with, that would have made the floor all wet? 

2. What would be your favourite thing to happen in the bath? 

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