🐜🕊️ The Ant and the Dove – Story Cut-Out Set
A timeless moral story brought to life through beautiful, durable, picture cut-outs designed for classroom storytelling, dramatic play and early learning.
🌟 What’s inside
✔ 6 colourful story scenes in the form of flashcard cutouts
Material: Sturdy Engineered Wood
Finish: Gloss finish for long life
Size range: Approx. 18 cm (perfect visibility in group teaching)
💡 Designed for teachers & parents
Children love stories — but they remember them best when they can see and touch them.
These cut-outs allow kids to:
- See the characters up close
- Touch and move them during the story
- Re-create scenes independently
- Put events in sequence to understand the story structure
The result? Better attention span + deeper connection with the moral of the story.
🧠 Early-learning benefits
This set strengthens:
| Skills | How the product supports them |
|---|---|
| Language & Vocabulary | Characters, emotions, actions |
| Moral Values | A good deed will be repaid with a good deed, emphasizing the importance of kindness and helping others |
| Sequencing & Memory | Arranging cut-outs in order |
| Social-emotional learning | Empathy & reciprocity |
| Fine-motor skills | Picking, placing, holding |
| Imagination | Open-ended free play after narration |
🎤 How to use
🟢 Tell the story while revealing the cut-outs
🟢 Let kids come forward and “play out” the scene
🟢 Ask questions like “What happened next?” "What all objects or animals or people can you spot in this scene?"
🟢 Mix pieces from other stories to create new endings (kids LOVE this)
🟢 Display the moral card on the classroom board after the session
Perfect for:
- Montessori & preschool storytelling
- Circle time & assembly
- Special education learning tools
- Home schooling
- Screen-free weekend play
💬 Parents & teachers love it because:
- No batteries, no noise — pure imagination
- Kids stay focused longer than with passive book reading
- Helps children remember not just the story — but the value
Shipping and Delivery for orders within India:
Timelines:
As soon as we receive your order confirmation, we initiate the delivery process and ship your order through our courier partners within 1-2 business days.
(If the order is received before 11.30am on a business day, we try to ship the order on the same day itself.)
Above terms NOT valid for Playschool Starter Kit
Packaging:
Our Three Tier packaging ensures that all products are delivered to you in the most protected and safe condition.
The primary tier is the bubble wrap, the secondary tier is a 3-ply corrugated wrapping paper and the third tier is polybag/corrugated cover to protect against rain and moisture. (Oversized items maybe packaged in HDPE packing)
Shipping and Delivery for orders Internationally (Cross-Border):
Timelines:
As soon as we receive your order confirmation, we initiate the delivery process and ship your order through our courier partners within 2-3 business days.
Packaging:
Our Three Tier packaging ensures that all products are delivered to you in the most protected and safe condition.
The primary tier is the bubble wrap, the secondary tier is a 3-ply corrugated wrapping paper and the third tier is polybag to protect against rain and moisture.
Orders which are shipped internationally may also include Hard-case packaging to ensure your order for added safety of the products as the package moves through multiple hubs and is subjected to more handling than domestic packages.
Please note, only certain products are eligible for international shipping presently, due to logistical constraints.
The above policies and any other free shipping terms apply for orders placed through this online store (shop.jdutta.com) only. These shipping policies DO NOT apply to any other sales channels or sales methods of J. Dutta and Co.
J. Dutta and Co. reserves the right to change/alter/cancel the shipping policy/policies at its discretion without prior notice.