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A floor robot can be fun to use in a dramatic storytelling project that will provide opportunities for linking communication, language and mathematical skills to an imaginary environment. The children can also actively participate in the story. First you need a good book - choose one that can be adapted for the floor robot. A book that takes children on a journey, in the manner of Janet and Allan Ahlberg's The Jolly Postman or Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt, is best, but a simple tale may do.

First you need a good book - choose one that can be adapted for the floor robot. A book that takes children on a journey, in the manner of Janet and Allan Ahlberg's The Jolly Postman or Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt, is best, but a simple tale may do.

Next you need the principal actor - the floor robot, usually a Pip, Pixie or Roamer (see panel). Together with the children, dress the floor robot to represent the main character in the book. You can talk to the children about what it will need to 'wear' and make the clothes together. You could also use other programmable toys such as cyber robots or dogs if they fit the story.

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