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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Waiting Game

Related Episode: Let's Dance

Subjects/Skills: Emotional Development

Materials Needed:
Paper bag
Surprise, such as your child's favorite healthy snack
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Directions:
Put a "surprise" into a paper lunch bag. It might be one of your child's favorite book that you can read together, or a favorite game that you can play.

Put the bag on the table. Show the bag to your child. Tell him that there is a surprise waiting in the bag. Then show him the watch. Tell him that he can only have the surprise if he can wait 5 minutes to open the bag.

Make the wait into a game with your child. Ask him to think of the things Wheezie did to control herself so she wouldn't open the last box. Let him look at the watch to see the time passing.

When the 5 minutes is up, let your child open the bag. When he has removed its contents, hold the bag up and say, "I think there is an even bigger surprise here!" Then tell your child that the real surprise is that it is a tickle bag, just like Greta's magic box, and now it's some time for some tickling!

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