Personalised nursery book about snack time for your child

What happens in your child and the Snack Table

1. Your child arrives and spots the snack table.
2. A grown-up helps your child say goodbye at the door.
3. Your child chooses a cup and pours a drink.
4. Children share fruit and make room at the table.
5. Your child goes home ready to tell their grown-up about snack time.

How the first page could read

At nursery, a little table waits near the window. There are cups, small plates and a bowl of bright fruit. Your child takes a breath, walks over with their grown-up, and sees that snack time has a place ready for them too.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

For a child aged two or three, snack time is a recognisable part of a nursery morning: a table, a cup, familiar food and other children nearby. This story gives your child a gentle rehearsal of walking in, saying goodbye, choosing a place and taking part at their own pace. Rather than making the whole day the focus, it stays with one manageable routine that may happen soon after arrival. Their photo becomes the character in the scene, so parents can talk through what may happen: sharing, waiting for a turn, asking for help and coming home afterwards.

Reading it together

• Read the story before a nursery day and pause to let your child point to the cup, fruit and table.
• Talk about what your child likes to eat or drink at snack time, without promising that nursery will have the same foods.
• After nursery, use the final pages to ask your child who sat near them and what they remember about snack time.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour scenes make the nursery room, small routines and familiar food feel calm and welcoming. A sidekick idea: a kind nursery helper with a striped tea towel. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.