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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Talking about Mistakes

Related Episode: Make No Mistake

Subjects/Skills: Emotional Development

Materials Needed:
No materials needed

Directions:
Share with your child examples of times when you have made mistakes, and how you learned from those mistakes. You might say, "I remember one time when I was trying to make a birthday cake for you, and I put in 2 cups of salt instead of sugar. That cake tasted horrible. But it was okay. My mistake taught me to take my time and check all the ingredients before I cook. And the next cake I baked was delicious!"

Ask your child to think of some mistakes that he had made. If he has trouble answering, you might want to offer suggestions, such as, "Well, I remember when you were a baby and you were just learning to walk. You made mistakes all the time. You tried to walk and them BUMP! You fell down. Then you tried to walk again and BUMP! You fell down. But you kept trying, and trying, and before you knew it, you could walk."

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