The big ideaA name, a place and a quick word to a grown-up keep things safe.
How it works
A name, a place and a quick word to a grown-up keep our things safe.
A name helps a lost thing find its way home. A place means no rushing to find it.
If something is lost, we tell a grown-up and look together. Nobody is cross, and things get lost sometimes.
When Kit's hat goes missing.
Example 1: A name on it
Kit's grown-up writes his name inside his coat and on a label on his bottle.
Kit leaves the bottle on a park bench.
Bun reads the label and runs it straight over to him.
Example 2: A place for it
Kit's bag hangs on a hook by the door.
His library book sits on the same shelf every night.
His bike goes in the bike rack, never on the path.
🎒on its hook📚on the shelf🚲in the rack
Each thing has a place.
Example 3: If it is lost
Kit cannot find his hat, and his tummy goes a little tight.
He stops, takes a breath and asks, where did I last have it?
He tells his teacher, and they find the hat in the lost and found box, with his name inside.
Words to know
label
A name stuck on a thing.
place
The spot where a thing always goes.
lost and found
A box where lost things wait.
borrow
To use a thing for a while and then give it back.
Watch out
A bag on the floor is easy to lose. Hang it on its hook.
A bike left out in the rain is not looked after. Put it in its place.
Keeping quiet about a lost thing does not help. Tell a grown-up.
Telling is never a fuss, because that is how we get help.
Try it
How can a lost thing find its way home?
Where does Kit's bag go?
What do you do when something is missing?
Where can a lost hat wait?
Answers: 1. a name on it · 2. on its hook · 3. tell a grown-up and look together · 4. in the lost and found box
Try at homeWith a grown-up, put a label on something of yours, like a bottle or a book, and then choose a special place for it at home.
For grown-upsPut a label on your child's bottle or coat together, and choose a place at home for their bag. Let your child choose where each thing lives.
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