• Stone/pebble - paint to create your Ladybird
• Tennis ball - for the jumping Kangaroo
• Tiger Mask/Fur - for the Tiger
• Long grass/leaves - for the Crocodile's tail
• Rope/Skipping rope - for the Monkey swinging
• Brush/comb - for the Bear scratching
• Plant pot & Cardboard - to create your Tortoise
• Kitchen roll tubes - to create the Elephant's trunk

• A cardboard tube or rolled up piece of card for a telescope
• Any sort of bells or a wave drum
• Two ship shapes, one big and one small.

To add to the pirate sensory experience you could also include: smell- coconut oil, taste- bounty bar, touch- water spray / sand (or alternative such as flour or salt) and sound- wave drum. 

• Owl and Blue Tit (or any another bird you can find) - buy online from Amazon for example
• Create a nest from real leaves and twigs and stick together with sellotape 
• Torch for the sunshine
• Decorate two large feathers using smaller craft feathers to match the birds in the story
• Create a sun on one side of a circle and night on the other i.e. black paper and yellow stars

• Leaves- tactile exploration
• Torch- use in a darkened room to represent the moon
• Bubbles for the 'pop' of the egg hatching
• Yellow fabric/ duster for the sun
• Any scented candles/ room sprays/ essential oils that you have in apple, pear, orange, plum or strawberry and/or the fruits to taste or for tactile exploration
• Blown up balloon for the fat caterpillar
• Wrap up in blanket for the cocoon 
• Bright coloured card or material for the butterfly- watch and feel it move.

• Leaves
• Torch to represent the day time
• Black fabric/ turn off torch for night
• Water spray for rain
• Toy monkey or crocodile to explore if available
• Use slow, relaxing hand and arm massage techniques for the last page
• If you have a sound button available this could be used to record a snoring noise. Encourage child to press this at intervals throughout the story when the sloth is sleeping. This will encourage anticipation and work on cause and effect. 

• Cotton wool to represent the polar bear
• Explore some feathers for the bird or smell some toothpaste to represent the friends brushing their teeth together
• Shake a tub of dried pasta or rice to make the sound of the polar bear's footsteps each time he carries on his journey
• Leaves or long grass to represent the rain forest
• Furry fabric to represent the lion they meet or some water spray for all the fun they had splashing in the water
• An ice pack or ice cubes for the polar bear's home.

• Binoculars made out of toilet roll tubes
• Long grass
• Water spray or bowl of water for the river
• Cover yourself with a blanket to represent the cave. Experiment with shining the torch in your cave
• Fluffy material or toy to represent lion

This story has lots of lovely sounds you can practice making at home and repeat throughout the story when they’re mentioned.

• Explore and snap the sticks to make sounds of walking through the woods
• Use a drum, stamp your feet or shake a tub full of dried pasta or rice each time the bears go ‘plodding’
• Explore a bowl full of water and use it to make the ‘dripping’ sound
• Feel some ice cubes to represent the snow and drop them into water to make your ‘plopping’ sound
• Make a noise into a rolled up piece of card to make the ‘howling’ sound of the wind or use a fan to feel the wind on your face.
• If you've got two teddy bears, one large and one small these could also be a nice visual addition to the story.

• 3 letters or envelopes
• Twigs and leaves to represent the tree
• A bowl/jug of water or a water spray for the pond
• Soil or cocoa powder for the earth. If using cocoa powder you can also smell this to represent the smell of the cake in the oven on the next page.
• Explore birthday candles or wrapping paper for the bear's birthday party.