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The Star Hunters

Your child and three friends are the Star Hunters, a singing crew whose songs keep the city's shadow creatures away at night. Before the big concert a shadow king steals their voices, so your child leads without singing a note: dance, rhythm and a sea of light-sticks drive the shadows back.

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Helps with

Courage

Confidence and teamwork: speaking up with your own idea, and leading in your own way.

The tool your child practises in the story

Stomp, stomp, clap!

When your child feels too shy to speak up, start with the body: stomp, stomp, clap, together, three times, loud and silly. Then ask: "What's your own line?" and let your child say one sentence of their own, about anything at all. Keep it light and playful, and practise at easy moments (at dinner, on the way to school) so it is ready for the harder ones: a new group, a talk in class, a game with older children.

Page 26: For grown-ups. Every book ends with a page for you: what the story is about, how to talk about it, questions to ask and how to use the tool.

For grown-ups

What this story is about

Many children are happy to join in but shy to lead: they copy, echo and wait for someone else to have the idea. In this story your child is the newest member of a K-pop style crew in Seoul and only ever sings the echo. When a shadow king steals every voice before the big concert, your child leads anyway: with a home-made rhythm the others once laughed at, with friends who each add their own part, and with a crowd that joins in. Your own voice is not only singing: it is your own idea, offered to the team.

Three ways to talk about it

  • Play "Stomp, stomp, clap!" together: one of you makes up a rhythm, the other copies it, then swap. Let your child be the leader a little more often each time.
  • When your child has an idea but hesitates, ask for "your own line": one sentence, said their way. Listen to the end before you add yours.
  • Notice teamwork as well as leading: "You started the beat, and everyone joined in. That's what good leaders do."

Three questions to ask

  • Why do you think the newest Star Hunter only ever sang the echo at the start?
  • When nobody could sing, how did Dami, Joon and Nuri each help?
  • What is something you would like to say or do in your own way?

Practise the tool together: Stomp, stomp, clap!

When your child feels too shy to speak up, start with the body: stomp, stomp, clap, together, three times, loud and silly. Then ask: "What's your own line?" and let your child say one sentence of their own, about anything at all. Keep it light and playful, and practise at easy moments (at dinner, on the way to school) so it is ready for the harder ones: a new group, a talk in class, a game with older children.

If your child's shyness is very strong, lasts a long time, or keeps getting in the way of friendships, nursery or school, it is worth talking to your paediatrician or a child psychologist.

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