For parents

Some children can't read yet, so this bit's for you.

A parent and child reading the Pip story card together at the kitchen table, with the navy pencil case beside them — Every case comes with Pip's story cards. Reading them together is the whole introduction.

How to introduce Pip

1
Read the card together before the first day, not on the morning itself if you can help it. Let them meet Pip when things are calm.
2
Show them the whisper hole and let them try it once, even with something silly, so it's familiar before it matters.
3
On the first morning, remind them gently: “Pip's right there if you need him.”

The 'Where do your secrets go?' card, showing Pip reading a bedtime story to the monster babies — The first card explains where the secrets go: Pip tells the monster babies all about his day, at their bedtime.

How your child might use Pip

Every child's different, and that's exactly what Pip's built for. Some will whisper to him every single morning. Others might barely touch the whisper hole and just love having him along for the ride. Either way, he's doing his job, sitting right there, familiar, theirs, a little piece of home in a big new place.

How often will they use it?

However often feels right. Pip's watching over your child either way, whisper hole or not, that's just the fun part, when they want it. Some days it's ten whispers. Some days it's none at all. Both are exactly right.

A quick note on the safeguarding message

The card explains, in Pip's voice, that some things need a grown-up's ears too, not just Pip's. It's worth reading that part together at least once, so your child hears it directly from the story, not just from you.

The 'One more thing Pip wants you to know' card, explaining that some things need a grown-up's ears too

None of this needs to be perfect. Pip's just a little bit of home, going with your child, wherever the day takes them.

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