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Nobody is born knowing what to do with a small child. Every day we read the play notes from thousands of preschool rooms — this is what keeps happening in them.

Baby dollsPassed it to whoever was sitting next to them BottlesSome of them crumple and some don't BoxesThat's a car Cardboard bricksOne of them rang Coloured paper cupsStacking them, and knocking them down CucumbersThe ones we grew DinosaursGetting him out of the volcano Finger puppetsHello, I'm an elephant FlourDrawing in the flour itself Hand puppetsThere's a hole in it Heart stickersHearts in her eyes IceCold, and then not there any more LeavesUp, and then down again Magnetic blocksThey go together with a click SeaweedThe dry one meets water SocksWhose sock is this? Soft animalsCalling it baby Stick puppetsThat's my mum UmbrellasTip it over and it rains leaves Waffle blocksThey wouldn't go together