Description

This is a felt busy book for small children.

It has themes for daily routines and allows for movement and changes of items in the story.

Includes bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, dressing, garden and play.

This is great for learning and for quiet play.

Size 20cm x 20cm x 9cm

Developmental, Emotional & Cognitive Benefits:

Routine Learning & Sequencing

• Helps children understand and visualise daily routines like getting dressed, brushing teeth, eating, and playing.
• Reinforces the concept of sequencing – learning what comes first, next, and last, which is a foundational cognitive skill.

Fine Motor Skill Development

• Moving small felt pieces requires pinching, gripping, and placing, which improves fine motor coordination, hand strength, and pincer grasp.
• Prepares children for writing, buttoning, and other hand-based tasks.

Cognitive Skills & Problem-Solving

• Encourages matching, sorting, and decision-making as children decide where each item belongs.
• Supports spatial awareness and cognitive reasoning by figuring out how objects fit into scenes.

Language Development

• Provides opportunities to name objects, actions, and emotions (“Where does the toothbrush go?”, “What happens after breakfast?”).
• Expands vocabulary around daily activities, objects, and environments.

Emotional Regulation & Predictability

• Visual routines help anxious or routine-seeking children feel more secure and emotionally settled by representing the predictability of daily life.
• Can be used to prepare children for new experiences (e.g., starting school, staying with a grandparent) by mapping out the sequence visually.

Imaginative Play & Storytelling

• Children can create their own stories using the pieces, building creativity, pretend play skills, and narrative thinking.
• Encourages role-playing and social story practice, especially useful in therapeutic settings.

Screen-Free, Tactile Engagement

• Provides hands-on, multi-sensory stimulation that supports attention and focus in a calming, screen-free way.
• Great for quiet-time play and regulating overstimulated or anxious little ones.