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The Marker Relay
TARGET:
3-5 years
INTENSITY:
7–10 min / Regular
LEARNING GOAL
Learning to Be Happy in a Group
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Developing Altruism
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
MATERIALS
Limited marker sets
DETAILED PROCEDURE
Gather the whole group together in a circle for this activity. Establish a collective rule before an art activity: Explain calmly to the children: "We share the colors to make a beautiful shared drawing."
Step 1
Offer a lending script: "I'll lend you the blue marker when I'm done with my stroke?"
Step 2
Invite the children to exchange their art tools regularly.
Step 3
Activity ends with the satisfaction of a multicolored poster created through material collaboration.
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child proposes a sharing system (taking turns or dividing).
Research Foundations
Saarni (1999)
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