Minds On

Play time

Explore the following image. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Record your thoughts.

2 children sharing and playing with little figurines on the floor of a bedroom.

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Listen to the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

How to Record Your Ideas

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Action

Cooperative play

Possible materials

A drawing of a house with art supplies around it.
  • object that fits in one hand
  • stuffed toy, squishy ball
  • sock

Being cooperative

What is cooperative play? Cooperative play is when you work together and are nice to others.

Some ways to be cooperative are:

  • taking turns
  • sharing
  • working together

Pause and Reflect

Pause and reflect

How do you think you can be cooperative?

Pass the object

In your learning space, find an object that you can hold in one hand (ball, sock, coin, block) or an object that is soft (stuffed animal, squishy ball, bean bag).

Here are a few things you can use.

If possible, begin passing the object you chose from one hand to the other.

What might happen if it were passed faster?

Continue for a few minutes and notice what happens.

How could the object move quickly and not drop? What did you do?

Record your thoughts. Share with a partner, if possible.

Working together

A learner running to catch a football that was thrown by another learner.

Now, with a partner, if possible, try moving an object between the two of you.

How did you help each other move the object between the two of you?

When your partner passed the object and if you weren’t able to catch it, what did you do?

What could you have done differently?

Record your thoughts.

Test Your Skills!

Challenges

Here are some different challenges you can try, if possible:

  • send and receive the object only using one arm
  • send and receive the object with your eyes closed
  • send and receive the object while turning your head

How did you and your partner help each other with these challenges?

What could you do?

2 learners drawing. One is sharing a crayon with the other.

How can you be cooperative?

  • use kind words (ex. good job, way to go, you're good at this)
  • take turns
  • share
  • be polite (ex. please, thank you, no thank you)

What could you do?

Explore the following situations.

What could you do in each of the situations?

2 learners playing in a sandbox at a playground. A third learner is watching them and wants to play too.

Press Reveal to find out what the child could do.

The children could share their toys and play with the other child.
A smiling learner is uses monkey bars for the first time. Other learners waiting their turn are watching them.

Press Reveal to find out what they could do.

They could cheer them on using kind words.
A learner wants to play on a swing, but their friend wants the to play on a slide.

Press Reveal to access what they could do.

They could choose one activity first, and then together move to the other activity.

Consolidation

Reflecting on our actions

A learner running to catch a football that was thrown by another learner.

Let’s think about the pass the object game.

  • Who was your partner?
  • What were you and your partner doing to show that you worked well together?
  • How did you know you were successful?
  • Did you enjoy doing this activity? Why or why not?
  • Would the passing game be different with a different partner? Why?

Record your thoughts. Share your ideas with someone else, if you can.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

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