“What happened Pari?”, asked the facilitator (F).
Paridhi, with more tears,” I want Elsa’s chair!”
At this point, as the F seemed confused, children explained that the blue chair is Elsa’s chair and the others are Aana’s chairs. At this time there were no more blue chairs as children had all already occupied all of the rest, except for a green chair.
F continued,” Why don’t you take another chair and sit? Because there’s no more blue chair.”
Pari,”But that’s Aana’s chairs. I want to be Elsa!” and continues being upset.
F noticed Tanmayi was sitting on a yellow chair and pointed at Tanmayi ,”See Tanmayi is sitting on a yellow one!”, To which Tanmayi replied,” I am sitting on yellow one because it is a bright colour chair. It is sun fairies,moon fairies, anything you want to be!”
F,”Oh wow! Did you hear that Pari? You can be aaaaaanything you want to be! What would you like to be other than Elsa?”
She thought for a few seconds and shouted with excitement,” Butterfly!”
F,”Awesome! And which chair would you like to sit on?”
She pointed at the only available green chair and happily sat on it, and the problem was resolved.
With the right prompts, children can figure out solutions for themselves. It’s important to understand the care-abouts of children in every situation as it helps to resolve issues at a deeper level, leaving everybody calmer and happier.
Contributed by Sruthy Krishna, Sparkling Mindz Global Preschool.