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Timothy
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“How To Be Nice to My Sister”
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I have a younger sister, [name].
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She is learning how to talk.
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Sometimes she uses hands to talk.
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Or she uses her picture book to talk.
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Sometimes I don't want to play with [name] because she makes me mad.
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Sometimes I get mad and frustrated because [name] can be hard to play with.
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Sometimes she might hit me and doesn't play how I want.
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She might do this because she has a hard time talking and using her words.
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When [name] makes me mad, I might yell or say mean things.
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I might say “I don't like [name]!”
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This makes [name] sad. This makes my Mommy sad too.
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My Mommy gets sad because she loves me and [name], and she wants us to get along.
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I'm the big brother so I can help my Mommy by being nice to [name].
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I can help teach her how to play and talk.
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When [name] makes me mad, I will try to remember to not say mean things.
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When [name] makes me mad, I can say “I don't want to play right now!”
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I could also ask a grown-up for help.
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My Mommy loves it when [name] and I play nicely.
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Victoria
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“Do I Know How Others Feel?”
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I like to swim and have fun in the water.
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My mom and my sisters like to have fun in the water too.
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Sometimes I like to keep doing things, like swimming, when others want to stop.
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My mom, my sisters, or my friends might not want to do what I want to do.
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It hurts my feelings when people don't want to keep doing what I want to do.
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When other people don't want to keep doing what I am doing, that's okay.
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They may be tired.
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They may want to go home.
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Or they may want to do something else.
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When they want to do something different, I will try to remember that they might feel
differently than I do.
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It makes others happy when I understand how they feel.
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Even though I want to keep playing, I can say “Thank you for playing in the water
with me. Maybe we can play in the water another time.”
