Flexible Thinking | Bluey | Wild Girls

Category

Friendships and Connection

Age Groups

Young Children

Children

Platform

ABC iView

Bluey

Season 3, Episode 44

Topics

Flexible Thinking

Negotiating Play

Managing Emotions

Acknowledging Others Preferences

Prefers Same Play

Change in Game Play

Learning Opportunities

Noticing that friends sometime want to play different games.

Exploring ways to join in a friend's game.

Considering how changing a game a little bit can help everyone play together.

Building skills for sharing ideas about what to play.

Content Summary

When Coco wants to keep playing her own game while her friends move on to something else, her teacher Calypso helps her adapt so everyone can play together.

Prompt Questions

  • What game did Coco want to play?
  • Why do you think Coco liked to play the game the same way each time?
  • How did Coco feel when her friends played something else?
  • Why do you think Indy wanted to play both games?
  • What do you do when a friend wants to play a different game?
  • What could you say to join a friend's game?
  • What did Indy do to change the game?
  • How can friends make a game fun for everyone?

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