Noticing how working together can keep a group safe.
Exploring how a team can do more than one person alone.
Considering how each member of a group can help the others.
Thinking about the times when teamwork makes a task easier.
Exploring how it feels to be part of a group that supports you.
In this animated video, we watch different animals out in nature. The animals are safest and happiest when they stay together in a group. When one animal wanders off alone, it quickly runs into trouble. The animals that stick together stay safe and help each other.
• What did you notice about the animals that stayed together?
• What happened to the animal that went off alone?
• When have you worked together with other people?
• What do you enjoy about being part of a team?
• What is a job that feels easier with help?
• How can each person help when a team works together?
• What might happen if one person does all the work alone?
• What is one way you could be a good team member?
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