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The Choice Cinema
TARGET:
3-5 years
INTENSITY:
10 min
LEARNING GOAL
Developing Emotional Awareness When Interacting with Others (aiming for a positive solution-seeking stance)
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Reacting While Taking into Account My Emotions and Others'
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
MATERIALS
Simple roleplay props (optional)
DETAILED PROCEDURE
Gather the whole group together in a circle for this activity. Explain calmly to the children: "Let's look carefully at these two friends."
Step 1
Ask the group: "What could the character do now to succeed in their exchange?"
Step 2
Invite the children to act out or imagine two different endings - one difficult, one successful.
Step 3
Invite comparison: "Which solution helps most in staying friends?"
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child proposes an alternative and compares two outcomes.
Research Foundations
Saarni (1999)
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