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Helping and Taking Turns

Children practice three ways of getting along in a group: taking turns one at a time, sharing so that everyone gets the same, and helping with small jobs. Olly models each idea with a playground or snack scene before children try it.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 22 minutes
  • Turns, sharing and helping: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, share out one each, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Take turns: know whose turn is next when friends go one at a time.
  • Share fairly by giving the same number of things to each friend.
  • Name or choose ways to help at home and in class.

Lessons

  1. One at a time 5 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. Sharing fairly 4 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  3. Helping hands 3 steps1 practiceabout 7 min
  4. Turns, sharing and helping 4 questions at the end

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