I want to be in the bed!

Five year olds Max and Sam are playing a game in the playhouse. Orson wants to join in, a disagreement arrises and they need to work out a solution.

Good for looking at

• Social development
• Emotional development
• Pretend play
• Conflict resolution
• Friendships

 

Five year olds Max and Sam are playing a game in the playhouse. Orson wants to join in and a disagreement arrises.

Notice

• What strategies do the children use to deal with conflict?
• How are the children learning? Which areas of development, engagement and characteristics of learning can you observe?
• How does the environment support the children’s learning
• What is valuable about the materials they have available?

Reflect

What are your thoughts about:

• How and what the children are learning? What skills are needed to resolve a conflict in this way and keep the play going?

Respond

What would you do to:

• Encourage children to come up with their own strategies for solving conflicts? Do you allow enough time for them to come up with their own ideas?
• Encourage calk to children about difficult things and the solutions they came up with?
• Model conflict resolution strategies for young children and show how useful they are? Maybe this could be done during a play situation? Or with a story? With puppets?

What next:

• Do you need to allow children to solve conflicts on their own in your setting? Do you know when to offer support and when to stand back?