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    The document provides instructions for a pretend animal safari game to support children's social emotional development. It suggests having children randomly pick animal names from a collection of predators and prey. The game involves running, jumping, chasing, catching and escaping like the different animals. It advises modeling disappointment if an unwanted animal is picked and mixing catching, escaping and collaborating. The goal is to practice sharing, turn-taking and responding when upset through enthusiastic pretend play.

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    The document provides instructions for a pretend animal safari game to support children's social emotional development. It suggests having children randomly pick animal names from a collection of predators and prey. The game involves running, jumping, chasing, catching and escaping like the different animals. It advises modeling disappointment if an unwanted animal is picked and mixing catching, escaping and collaborating. The goal is to practice sharing, turn-taking and responding when upset through enthusiastic pretend play.

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    The document provides instructions for a pretend animal safari game to support children's social emotional development. It suggests having children randomly pick animal names from a collection of predators and prey. The game involves running, jumping, chasing, catching and escaping like the different animals. It advises modeling disappointment if an unwanted animal is picked and mixing catching, escaping and collaborating. The goal is to practice sharing, turn-taking and responding when upset through enthusiastic pretend play.

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    #MyKidLikes

    Animals!

    Can I support their Social Emotional Development?

    Work with your child


    to create a list of wild
    animals
    INVITE YOUR CHILD TO Choose a mixture of
    1 BE WILD ANIMALS IN AN “ANIMAL
    SAFARI”
    predators and prey
    Write the animal
    names on folded paper
    so you can choose them
    randomly
    “How could we work
    together if we both pick
    prey, but your older
    sibling picks a predator?”

    “What could you do if EVERYONE RANDOMLY PICKS


    you’re upset when I catch
    you?”
    AN ANIMAL NAME FROM THE
    COLLECTION
    2
    Discuss ways to react when
    we don’t pick the animal
    we want
    Model your own
    disappointment: “Oh, I
    wanted to be the lion…
    it’s okay, maybe next
    time.”

    Mix catching, escaping,


    3 JUMP, RUN, AND CHASE LIKE THE
    ANIMALS! and collaborating
    Be enthusiastic about
    the pretend play!

    Social
    Emotional Tip
    Be intentional when you want
    your child to practice sharing and turn-taking—
    this way, you can remind and prepare them to
    respond the way they’ve practiced

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