Learn to Share and Work Together with Friends

You will learn how to share materials and work with your friends at school! When you share toys, books, and supplies, you help everyone have fun and learn together. This makes you a good friend and helper in your classroom.

You can share many things at school. You can share blocks, crayons, books, and toys with your friends. When you share, everyone gets to play and learn together.

Here are ways you can share: Give your friend some crayons to draw with you. Let others use the blocks to build towers. Pass books around so everyone can look at pictures.

You can work with friends on fun projects! When you work together, you can build bigger towers and make better art. Two friends can solve puzzles faster than one friend alone.

You can ask friends to help you with activities. You can say "Do you want to build with me?" or "Can you help me with this puzzle?" This makes playtime more fun for everyone.

Taking turns means everyone gets a chance to play. You can take turns with swings, toys, and games. When you wait for your turn, you show you care about your friends.

You can use kind words when you want something. Say "please" when you ask for things. Say "thank you" when someone shares with you. This helps you make good friends at school.

Share: When you let others use your things or use things together with friends.

Listen: When you use your ears and eyes to understand what others are saying to you.

Taking turns: When everyone gets a chance to play or talk, one person at a time.

Playing together: When you include your friends and have fun as a group with activities.

Ask questions: When you want to learn new things by asking your friends or teacher.

Help others: When you do nice things for your friends to show you care about them.

Kind words: Nice things you say that make everyone feel good and want to be your friend.

Waiting: When you show patience and respect for others by taking your turn.

You can practice sharing in many ways at school. Try sharing art supplies when you draw pictures. Take turns reading books with a friend. Work together to build block towers or complete puzzles.

You can also practice using kind words. Remember to say "please" and "thank you" when you share. Ask nicely when you want to use something your friend has.

Learning to share and work together connects to many other important skills you will learn. Following Discussion Rules helps you know how to talk nicely in groups.

Taking Turns and Asking Questions and Taking Turns in Conversation teach you how to wait for your turn to speak. Continuing Conversations Through Exchanges helps you keep talking with friends.

You will also learn about Speaking Clearly And Expressing Ideas and Use Interpret Gestures Voice Nonverbal to communicate better. These skills prepare you for Build on Others Ideas in Discussions and Work Together on Class Research as you grow.

You are ready to learn about sharing and working together! You already know how to play with toys and talk to friends. Now you will learn how to do these things in ways that make everyone happy and included.