Helping Hands Shopping!

Helping Hands Shopping! invites young children to explore everyday tasks with engaging, simple text and lively illustrations. It encourages children to think about what they need from the shops, where to find items, and who can help, making it a natural extension from pretend play to real-life experiences. This shared activity promotes responsibility, language development, and social skills while nurturing important life skills through dialogue between child and reader.

Educational Benefits:

• Promotes vocabulary development related to shopping and everyday tasks.
• Encourages social skills and cooperation through shared goals.
• Supports responsibility and independence in daily routines.
• Develops communication skills through conversational text.

Classroom Ideas:

• Role-play shopping scenarios to enhance language and social skills.
• Create shopping lists to support early literacy and writing.
• Discuss healthy food choices and budgeting as part of numeracy.
• Use illustrations as prompts for storytelling or sequencing activities.

Information:

• Ages: Suitable for 2 years and above
• 24 pages, 21 cm square