Daisy
THE SAME DAY AS YOU
Daisy the Songbird Sings Your Day
Daisy is a cheerful little songbird with bright button eyes and the sweetest voice, and Daisy sits in the window of the little house and does the most wonderful thing: she keeps the very same day as YOU.
Because the little house follows the real clock - the same clock as your own home. So whatever time of day it is for you, it’s that time in the house too.
When it’s MORNING for you, Daisy sings out bright and cheery: “Good MORNING, little one! The sun is up! Time to stretch and start the day!”
When it’s the middle of the DAY, Daisy chirps along happily while you play: “It’s daytime! Lovely bright daytime - perfect for playing and pretending!”
When EVENING comes and the light goes soft and golden, Daisy sings a gentler song: “Good evening. The day is winding down, all calm and cozy now.”
And when it’s your BEDTIME, Daisy tucks her head under her wing and coos, ever so soft: “Goodnight, little one. Sleep tight. I’ll sing you awake in the morning.”
“The house keeps YOUR time,” Daisy says warmly. “Morning when it’s your morning. Night when it’s your night. So the pretend day and your real day are the very same day, together.”
That is Daisy’s sweet, songful idea.
Our little house keeps the same time as you - good morning when it’s your morning, goodnight when it’s your bedtime.
A grown-up can play too! Notice the time of day together. “Is it morning? What do we do in the morning? Is it nearly bedtime? What do we do at night?” Your day has a lovely rhythm - morning, daytime, evening, bedtime - and the little house shares it right along with you.
When night settles soft over the little house, Daisy fluffs up in her cozy window and sings the tiniest goodnight, warm with the gladness of a bird who shares each day with a friend. “Same day as you,” she whispers. “Always. I’ll be right here when your morning comes again.”
Morning to night, the same day as you. That’s Daisy.
Reading together with a grown-up? A card for the grown-up
For the grown-up: ask one question, then wait. When they answer, add one word to what they said. Tap the button when they have said something — that is one turn each, a circle. Nothing is recorded or kept.
Let them finish it
Say “Daisy says: our little house keeps the same time as YOU - good morning …” and stop. Let them finish it.
Now wait. Count slowly to five in your head. Their answer is worth the quiet.
Circles together: 0
The HouseTots ensemble
Daisy is one of the friends in HouseTots. Each friend shows you one idea by how they act; meet them all and you have the whole subject.
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Nook
Let's pretend - Nook the dormouse, who acts out whatever you imagine, room by room: pick a room, tap a thing, and play it out together - there is no right or wrong in pretend
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Cosy
Every room has its play - Cosy the hedgehog, who shows you round the cozy rooms: cook in the kitchen, splash in the bath, snuggle in the bed, build in the playroom
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Dell
It grows and never wilts - Dell the mole, whose garden grows on real time all by itself - slow and sure - and never dries up, dies, or wilts, and never costs a thing (the Timer Rule)