Helen holds small red flag Robin rings handbell Dad opens picnic basket on level hillside blanket.

The Mountain Flag Challenge

Phase 9 · Book 4
Focus closed and open syllables; syllable division

Helen Robin Dad begin a gentle grassy hill puzzle walk with pictorial map and small basket.

Helen and Robin join Dad’s mountain flag challenge. They follow a broad path up a gentle hill. Robin carries a basket for the clues. Helen has a little paper map.

Children Dad inspect a rabbit picture card near broad hill path with a small wooden cabin roof visible ahead.

The first clue is beside a rabbit picture. “Look for a wooden cabin,” Dad reads. They spot its roof beyond the grass. Robin puts the clue in his basket.

Helen Robin Dad stand puzzled beside a plain picnic blanket on level grass near a wooden cabin.

At the cabin, a second clue shows a picnic blanket. Helen finds the blanket on a level patch of grass. But there is no clue on top. “Have we come to the wrong place?” asks Robin.

Helen lifts corner of picnic blanket revealing a small picture clue beneath it as Robin and Dad look amused.

Helen sits down to think. Something crinkles beneath the blanket. She lifts one corner. “There it is! We were sitting on it!”

Robin discovers a small red flag standing behind a tiny grey toy robot beside Dad’s backpack near picnic blanket.

The clue shows a red flag beside a tiny robot. They look around the picnic spot. Robin sees a toy robot by Dad’s backpack. Behind it stands the hidden flag.

Helen waves the flag and Robin rings a small bell. Dad opens the picnic basket. “Our clever team has finished!” he says. “Next time, I’ll check under my bottom first!” laughs Helen.

The Mountain Flag Challenge

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