#MyKidLikes

LEGO!

Can I support their Social Emotional Development?

“Let’s build something

together”
1 INVITE YOUR CHILD TO CREATE A
PARTNER BUILD “This can be a build
where we both get to
decide what
happens.”

“How can we build so each

of us gets what we want?”
“Sometimes I’m going to ESTABLISH AGREEMENTS OF
get my way. How do you
think you can respond?”
COMPROMISE AND JOINT DECISION
MAKING
2
“What should happen if
one of us gets upset
about a building
decision?” “I think a different
block should go there.
Can we change that?”
CHOOSE A Express disappointment
3 FEW TIMES TO INTENTIONALLY
DISAGREE AND HOLD THEM
in a build direction to
encourage sympathy.
ACCOUNTABLE
“Remember, before we
started we agreed that
we would compromise."
Social
=
emotional
Tips
Create
visual/physical tokens or Recall successful
timers to represent turn and collaborations in new contexts,
sharing times. Provide notice that e.g. “Remember the time we
you’re using them. Use them in a compromised on that decision?
variety of scenarios and take That can help now too…”
them with you on the
road!

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