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Romi and the Wobbly Wheel

Romi's parade cart keeps wobbling. A square, a triangle, and an oval each leave a clue. Can one little robot make a smooth ride?

Story length
10 pages
Ages
3 to 7
Ways to read
Read aloud or read yourself
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese
Themes
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About this story

On the morning of the shape parade, Romi the little repair robot finds that his flag cart wobbles: one wheel has a flat edge. With Dot the ladybug, he tries a square wheel, a triangle and an oval, and each one bumps in its own way. A ramp shows him why a circle rolls smoothly, and one last wobble teaches him that the hole must be right in the middle. At the parade, his “wrong” wheels become flags.

What children can explore

  • Shapes and their corners: circle, square, triangle and oval
  • Why round wheels roll smoothly, and why the axle goes in the centre
  • Mistakes are clues: every try helped Romi find the answer

Talk about it after reading

  1. Why did the square wheel go bump, bump, bump, bump?
  2. The round wheel still wobbled at first. What was wrong, and how did Romi fix it?
  3. Can you remember a time when a mistake helped you work something out?

Free printable activity sheet

A coloring page, a word find, the questions above and a drawing box, with an answer key. 3 pages, US Letter (prints fine on A4).

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Other languages: Français · Español · 日本語 · 中文

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