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Personal relationships
with peers
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Me First!
Read a book such as Me First by Helen Lester to begin a discussion about taking
turns.
Gather four children at a time to make fun-shaped cheese sandwiches. (Always
check for food allergies.)
Have one plate with bread slices, another with cheese, and two cookie cutters.
Show the children how to use a cookie cutter to cut the bread and cheese.
Discuss what to do since there are not enough cookie cutters for everyone to
have their own. Each two children will need to share a cookie cutter and take
turns cutting out the bread and the cheese shapes.
Allow the children to enjoy eating their sandwiches together!
The More We Get Together
Environmental Tip
Feed the bread scraps to the birds or squirrels outside.
Invite a small group of children to finger paint directly onto a table that is easy
to clean. (Have children wear paint shirts.)
Encourage them to overlap the colors and see what happens.
When they are finished, place a large piece of paper over the painting, rub it,
and peel it off to make a print.
Write the name of each child who worked on the finished product and hang it
for all to see!
Now work together again to clean the table with paper towels.
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