Packing for school

A chapter walks through packing food, ice packs and a blanket for the outing.

S01 E12

Ready Eddie GO!

Camping

Stimulating

A chapter shows gathering all the camping gear before the trip.

S01 E15

Peppa Pig

Picnic

Daddy Pig checks the basket for bread, cheese, tomatoes and lemonade.

S01 E07

Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show

Jack and Olivia's Big Bus Adventure

Stimulating

Olivia's lunch is made and packed for the field trip, then forgotten and delivered.

S01 E09

Jessica's Big Little World

Sleepover

Jessica packs pajamas, a toothbrush and her toy for the sleepover.

See all Packing for school shows for 3-year-olds

For 4-year-olds

Four year olds start wanting to do it themselves, and they can hold two or three items in mind at once. Forgetting one is part of the practice. Helpful stories at this age show a character gathering their own things, missing something, and finding a workable answer without shame. Small, repeated routines land better now than clever plots, because the repetition is what makes the sequence stick.

S01 E05

Llama Llama

Forgotten Fuzzy

He packs a bag of clothes for the overnight stay.

S01 E22

Bluey

The Pool

Mum tells Dad to take all the swimming stuff, which he forgets.

S01 E36

Bluey

Backpackers

The game centres on carrying everything you own in big backpacks.

S01 E03

Doug Unplugs

Vacation Bots

Doug packs a bag of random objects because he does not know what a vacation needs.

S01 E01

Helpsters

Amazing Alie

The monsters find a backpack and pack a map, compass, binoculars, water and a first aid kit.

Dr Panda TotoTime

Moo goes on Holiday

The viewer helps Moo repack her suitcase, checking her list for the toothbrush, swimsuit, alarm clock and rubber ducky.

See all Packing for school shows for 4-year-olds

For 5-year-olds

By five, packing shifts from following along to thinking ahead: gym clothes on the right day, something to bring for sharing, a jacket because the sky looked grey. Children this age enjoy checking and checking again, and they take real pride in a bag they filled alone. Look for stories where some of the planning happens the evening before, and where a forgotten item turns into a solvable problem rather than a disaster.

S01 E09

Fancy Nancy

Nancy's Devine Sleepover