Ben and Mum look for small brown cloth teddy in tidy playroom with low table and open cardboard box.

Ben’s Teddy Hideout

Shared Reading Books · Numeracy · Ages 3–4

Ben wants to play hide-and-find with Mum. His little teddy is ready too. “Where shall Teddy go?” asks Mum. Ben looks around the room.

Ben finds teddy ON TOP of low table while Mum watches.

First Teddy sits on the table. Ben points up at him. “On the table,” says Mum. Ben reaches gently and brings Teddy down.

Ben and Mum place teddy UNDER low table, teddy clearly visible below tabletop.

Next Teddy goes under the table. Ben crouches to look. The tabletop is above Teddy. “Under!” says Ben. He can see Teddy’s little feet.

Ben puts teddy INSIDE open cardboard box on floor, Mum watches.

Ben puts Teddy in the open box. Teddy is inside, with the box around him. “In the box,” says Mum. Ben peeps over the edge.

Ben peeks behind cardboard box where teddy sits partly hidden, Mum points.

Now Mum puts Teddy behind the box. Ben cannot see all of him from the front. He walks around carefully. “There you are!”

Ben puts teddy NEXT TO cardboard box so entire teddy visible alongside, Mum watches.

Ben puts Teddy next to the box. Teddy is beside it, not inside it. Ben can see all of Teddy now. Mum points to the space between them.

Mum hides teddy under low table again and Ben points beneath table.

Mum has one more turn. Teddy goes under the table again. “Where is he?” she asks. Ben looks below the tabletop and points.

Ben hugs found teddy beside Mum in playroom with table and empty box nearby.

Ben finds Teddy and gives him a hug. “On, under, in and behind,” says Mum. “And next to!” says Ben. They have found lots of places for one little friend.

Ben’s Teddy Hideout

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