The three baby owls are all alone in the dark wood. Where’s their Mummy and when will she come back?
* This storysack was purchased with money donated by Myatt Garden P.T.A. 2013. (The cloth sack was made by Lisa Bennett and the cream coloured cloth sack Owl Babies came in is now in Walking In The Jungle storysack with a giant jigsaw inside!).
Theme; importance of helping others, bread, and growing food
When the cockerel and the mouse refuse to help her with her chores, the Little Red Hen does all the work herself. But her companions are all too eager to help her eat up the delicious brown loaf that she makes. Do They deserve to share it? What do you think?
* Purchased with funding from the Myatt Garden P.T.A. in 2013. (Title applique image on the cloth sack by Lisa Bennett).
Jack’s mother was furious when he sold their cow for just a few beans and she threw them out the window. But they were magic beans and during the night they sprouted and the plant grew taller and taller and taller until it disappeared into the clouds. Jack decides to climb to the very top… what do you think he will find?
Handa carries seven delicious fruits in a basket, as a surprise for her friend Akeyo. But thanks to a variety of hungry animals, it’s Handa who gets the surprise!
“A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good”.
Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when the quick-thinking mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake, a fox and a hungry gruffalo…
Sam-I-Am’s grumpy friend will not try green eggs and ham, not with a fox in a box, not in a house with a mouse. Find out how Sam-I-Am persuades him and finds that he does indeed like green eggs and ham! Teaching us that we don’t know what we like until we try it; a fabulous rhyming story with crazy pictures. A Dr Seuss classic, apparently it is the 4th bestselling children’s book of all time!
The three bears live in a cosy cottage in the forest. One day, when they are out for a walk, a rather nosy little girl called Goldilocks visits their house. Do you know what happens next? There is also a lovely ‘cookie bears’ game to play in this storysack.
* Made by Myatt Garden parents 2003. New game, bowl, spoon, tablecloth, bed – July 2011.
The Gingerbread Man is a fast runner – and he’s very clever too. After escaping from three people, a cow and a horse, can he run past a sly old fox? It might not be quite so easy this time!
*Made in 2009 by Myatt Garden parents, sponsored by Boden UK.
‘The Gingerbread Man’ – “We really enjoyed the lovely puppets in the story. The game was excellent and a lovely way to reinforce the story”
‘The Gingerbread Man’ – Feb 2018 – “*Loved* all the activities. We cooked a few recipes throughout the week for lunch, dinner, breakfast”
An old man plants a little turnip and it grows so big and enormous that he needs to get lots of help, from various people and animals, to pull it out of the ground. Follow the story using the laminated magnetic characters; then look at the children acting it out and see if you can put them in the right order.You can even plant your own seeds!
* Made by Myatt Garden teachers, parents and children 2003. New cloth sack and magnetic characters 2008 made by Lisa Bennett.
