Dick the Delightful Duck: Ideas and activities

Our friends at PlayTalkRead have come up with some great crafting activities to help you get the most out of Dick the Delightful Duck by Kaye Umansky and Ben Mantle, which is in the Bookbug Explorer Bag.

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Build the excitement before reading the book

You will need:

• Feathers
• Colourful paper
• Ribbon

Instructions:

• To prepare for reading this story out loud, wrap the book in colourful fabric or paper and tie with a ribbon
• As the parcel is unwrapped to reveal the book inside, this will help create additional anticipation and excitement
• You could include colourful feathers in the parcel so that when the book is revealed the feathers will provide another clue and link to the main character

Other play activities

• Play a simple game blowing feathers into the air, then catching them in a net or container as they fall
• This could also be an opportunity for naming colours and finding different coloured feathers that match the pictures of Dick the Duck in the story
• Colourful pieces of fabric and ribbon can be used to explore different colours and textures, and for children to create new bow ties for Dick the Duck to wear

PlayTalkRead is the national programme and roadshow campaign for the Scottish Government’s Parent Club(this link will open in a new window) initiative. It showcases, demonstrates and delivers key messages to support parents and families with young children to play, talk and read together more from birth. Our team travels around Scotland to provide storytelling and play activity sessions for children to enjoy along with their parents or caregivers.

For more inspiration and ideas, or to find out where our vehicles are travelling to next, you can follow us on X @playtalkread(this link will open in a new window). PlayTalkRead is a project delivered by Smart Play Network(this link will open in a new window), a charitable organisation supporting play opportunities in Scotland.