We've been talking a lot about sharing with others but today we focused on another question:
What if you want to share with someone but they don't want to receive it?
Or, you don't want to receive something that someone wants to share with you? Then what?
The children could think of times that someone drew them a picture but they didn't want it,
or when they wanted someone to play their game and they didn't want to play,
or when someone wanted to give them a hug and they didn't want it.
The children identified how it feels to be rejected and the conflicting feelings they feel when they're offered something they don't want. Oh the complexities of life!
In Miss Spider's Tea Party her invitations to tea are declined. The children identified that this was because the insects were afraid Miss Spider might eat them.
"Are there people you are afraid of?
"Big people" - Michael
"Bad guys" - Billy
"Sometimes you can be afraid of policemen." - Bela
I pretended to be Miss Spider and we had a tea party! It took some time getting through the selection of teas we had to decide on the two we would try. Everyone decided what kind of insect the would be and we had a delightful tea party!
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