Anna Tom Dad sit near open entrance of a completed small green garden tent with snacks.

The Upside-Down Campsite

Phase 10 · Book 1
Focus un-, re-, dis- and mis-

Anna Tom Dad beside two canvas bags in garden unfold a large green tent cloth on lawn.

Anna and Tom unpack for a garden camping game. Dad brings two bags from the shed. They unfold the tent cloth. “This will be our best campsite!” says Anna.

Tom holds a spoon and Anna holds a single boot beside an open canvas bag with a plain brown cloth hand puppet inside.

Tom pulls out a spoon, a boot and a puppet. “Have we misread the labels?” asks Anna. Dad checks the bags. “Oh! I misplaced the camping bag.”

Tom wears a simple brown cloth hand puppet while Anna and Dad laugh gently beside wrong equipment bag and loose green tent cloth.

Anna feels unhappy. “I disagree with using a puppet as a tent peg,” she says. Tom puts the puppet on his hand. “I disagree too!” squeaks the puppet.

Dad Anna Tom unpack correct canvas bag and sort wooden pegs tent poles and string on lawn.

Dad finds the camping bag behind a box. They unpack it and untie the string. Tom sorts the pegs. Anna sorts the poles. “Now we can rebuild,” says Dad.

Anna turns a loose corner of green tent cloth right way out while Tom and Dad adjust pegs of a small nearly finished garden tent.

A corner of the tent cloth is inside out. Anna unclips it and turns it round. Tom resets the pegs with Dad. Together, they remake the campsite.

They sit in the tent and share a snack. Tom brings back the puppet. “May I rejoin the game?” it squeaks. “Yes—but no more upside-down camping!” laughs Anna.

The Upside-Down Campsite

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