Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Being responsible
Taking care of your things
🧺put things away🤲gentle hands🧽wash what we use🧸old things are special
Taking care.The big ideaWe put things away, use gentle hands, and keep what we love.
How it works
We put things away, and they are easy to find next time.
Gentle hands help things last a long, long time.
We wash what we use, and old things are special too.
Example 1: Put it away
- Kit puts his blocks in the box, plop, plop, plop.
- His books go on the shelf, standing up straight.
- Next day, Kit finds his yellow block fast.
Example 2: Gentle hands
- Kit puts his toys down gently. He never throws them.
- He turns the pages of his book slowly, with dry paws.
- He hugs his teddy softly, and not too tight.
📖slow pages🐻a soft hug🤲gentle
Gentle hands.Example 3: Old things are special
- Dot's old teddy has a patch on its ear.
- Kit says, your teddy is lovely, and Dot smiles.
- Old things hold lots of hugs.
Words to know
- gentle
- Soft and careful.
- tidy
- Put away where it lives.
- shelf
- Where books stand.
- special
- Loved, and worth keeping.
Watch out
- Do not throw toys. Put them down gently.
- Do not leave a book out in the rain. Put it on the shelf.
- Do not scribble in a book. Draw on paper.
- Do not say an old thing is bad. Old things are special.
Try it
- Where do the blocks go after we play?
- How do you turn the pages of a book?
- Do we throw our toys?
- Is an old teddy special?
Answers: 1. in the box · 2. slowly · 3. no · 4. yes
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick one toy or one cup, wash or wipe it gently, and then put it in its place.
For grown-upsAfter supper, wash a cup together, put it in its place, and say aloud why: 'a cup that is washed and kept safe lasts and lasts'.