I want to be in the bed! – ELGs

Max and Sam are playing a game in the playhouse. Orson wants to join in, a disagreement arrises and they need to work out a solution.

Good for looking at

• Social development
• Emotional development
• Pretend play
• Conflict resolution
• Friendships

There are three children in this clip and they are all vying for a particular space.

Notice

• how their conversation develops into a negotiation and the strategies that are used
• how the situation nearly gets out of hand, but they resolve it, and how the child trying on the white dress doesn’t unduly bother them despite the close proximity
• that there is no adult involvement in this clip

Reflect

Refer back to the ELGs for Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• All three children demonstrate that they are within the ELGs by the way that they work out the situation in order that they can play co-operatively. How do they do it?  Are they all involved?
• What skills have they learnt that they put to good use?
• Which other Early Learning Goals are being demonstrated here?