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Story bag: a play idea for 3 year olds

Making up stories builds the language children will later meet in books. It takes about 10 minutes and uses a bag, three or four things from around the house: a spoon, a sock, a toy car, a key.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Story bag3 year olds · about 10 minutes

You need: a bag, three or four things from around the house: a spoon, a sock, a toy car, a key.

  1. Put the things in a bag.
  2. Pull one out and start a story: "Once there was a spoon who wanted to fly."
  3. Let your child pull the next one out and add to the story.
  4. Keep going until the bag is empty.

Builds: language and talking and thinking and problem solving. Making up stories builds the language children will later meet in books.

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