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Age range: 3-6
Theme Area: Pretending
Related Episode: Ord's Unhappy Birthday
Subjects/Skills: Dramatic Play; Emotional Development
Materials Needed:
Dolls, plastic animals, or action figures
Directions:
Talk about feelings of rejection and sadness with your child. Say, "Ord felt really sad and left out when he thought that his friends didn't want to play with him. Can you think of times when you felt like Ord? Tell me about them." Listen to your child, then share some situations that make you feel rejected and sad, too.
Ask your child to join you in pretend play with a group of dolls, plastic animals, or action figures. Keep one of the figures yourself.
Using the figure, pretend to be a character who is left out of the group. You might say things like, "It looks like everyone over there is having so much fun. I'm so sad that they didn't ask me to play. I don't want to play all by myself."
Invite your child to act out how the group might react if your character tells them how she feels. When you're done, switch roles and have your child act the part of the character who feels left out.
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