🍽️set the table🐶feed the pet🧺socks in the basket🧽wipe the table
A family is a team.
The big ideaA family is a team. Helping is how we are part of it.
How it works
A family is a team. Everybody has a part to play, and helping is how we are part of it.
Jobs go quicker when we all help.
Some jobs are for kids and some are for grown-ups only. Hot pans, sharp knives and the oven are for grown-ups.
Who does the job?
Example 1: Set the table
Kit's grown-up says, can you set the table, please?
Kit puts a plate, a cup and a spoon at every place.
He walks slowly so that not one spoon drops, and the table looks lovely.
Example 2: Feed the pet
Rex sits by his bowl, and feeding Rex is Kit's job.
In goes one scoop, and Kit fills the water bowl too.
A pet needs fresh water every day and cannot do those jobs alone.
🐶Rex🥣one scoop💧fresh water
Rex's bowls.
Example 3: Clear up
After lunch Kit takes his plate to the sink and wipes the table with a cloth.
His grown-up carries the hot pan.
Then the dirty socks go in the basket, plop!
Words to know
team
People who help one another.
job
Something that needs doing.
helper
A person who sees a job and offers to help.
part
Your share of the jobs.
Watch out
Do not wait for someone else to do it. Jobs go quicker when we all help.
Do not leave one person to do it all.
Hot pans, sharp knives and the oven are for grown-ups, so ask what job is yours.
Say thank you to a helper. It is kind.
Try it
A family is a what?
Who carries hot soup?
Name two jobs a child can do.
Do jobs go quicker when one person does them all, or when we all help?
Answers: 1. a team · 2. a grown-up · 3. set the table and feed the pet · 4. when we all help
Try at homeChoose one job you can do for your family this week. Ask a grown-up what would help, and do it with a kind heart.
For grown-upsAsk your child to choose one job for this week and do it with a kind heart. Say thank you out loud when it is done, as Kit's grown-up did.
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