Oliver and Jacob have been thinking of ways to resolve various situations, such as when they both want to watch different things. They decided they could take turns to choose, or use a coin to play heads or tails. They think they could get along better by sharing things and being kind to others. We are now working on putting this into action!
We spoke about having a disagreement over wanting to play different games and we could play one game and then the other so everybody was happy. We also spoke about having five minutes to cool down if we were disagreeing with somebody else.
Negotiation can be tricky so it can be a good idea to have a little break and a find a little bit of space to calm down.
If your friend didn’t want to play your game, what could you do Sophie?
Ted thought about two friends arguing about a picture and decided that the friends should go and have some time out and each draw a picture for their friend so they would have one each and have done something nice for each other.
Red told us about his argument with Ethan about who was going to be the pirate Captain. He resolved the conflict by offering to be the ship’s mate. We thought about other ways of resolving this like:
– telling a parent
– taking it in turns
– having 2 Captains (who can fight each other!)
Thom and Lotte have been working out how to ‘get on’ when they want different things. Thom has learned that by making a deal – that he will do something when Lotte wants, then she will do things when he wants. Also we talked about saying please, and asking nicely. We also talked about the times when someone doesn’t want to do what you want – that you have to accept that sometimes. (That is hard!)
It can be tricky if your friends still don’t want to play the games that you want to, but using your manners and compromising usually means success! Great strategies Thom, super thinking.
Oliver and Jacob have been thinking of ways to resolve various situations, such as when they both want to watch different things. They decided they could take turns to choose, or use a coin to play heads or tails. They think they could get along better by sharing things and being kind to others. We are now working on putting this into action!
They told us about this game today, what a fantastic idea!
We spoke about having a disagreement over wanting to play different games and we could play one game and then the other so everybody was happy. We also spoke about having five minutes to cool down if we were disagreeing with somebody else.
Negotiation can be tricky so it can be a good idea to have a little break and a find a little bit of space to calm down.
If your friend didn’t want to play your game, what could you do Sophie?
Ted thought about two friends arguing about a picture and decided that the friends should go and have some time out and each draw a picture for their friend so they would have one each and have done something nice for each other.
That sounds very thoughtful Ted. What could you do if you had a friend that was feeling sad?
Red told us about his argument with Ethan about who was going to be the pirate Captain. He resolved the conflict by offering to be the ship’s mate. We thought about other ways of resolving this like:
– telling a parent
– taking it in turns
– having 2 Captains (who can fight each other!)
Excellent compromise Red, it can be hard to negotiate sometimes, even with our friends.
Thom and Lotte have been working out how to ‘get on’ when they want different things. Thom has learned that by making a deal – that he will do something when Lotte wants, then she will do things when he wants. Also we talked about saying please, and asking nicely. We also talked about the times when someone doesn’t want to do what you want – that you have to accept that sometimes. (That is hard!)
It can be tricky if your friends still don’t want to play the games that you want to, but using your manners and compromising usually means success! Great strategies Thom, super thinking.