Five year old Amanda, and four year olds Katie and Lindsay, are playing in the housekeeping corner during free-play. Katie and Lindsay are busy ‘cooking’ some food while Amanda is setting th

Five year old Amanda, and four year olds Katie and Lindsay, are playing in the housekeeping corner during free-play. Katie and Lindsay are busy ‘cooking’ some food while Amanda is setting the table. Amanda announces that she will be the mommy and that Katie will be the ‘kid’ and Lindsay will be the ‘baby’. Katie loudly objects and says she too wants to be the mommy, and Lindsay objects, proudly claiming that she is not a baby! The disagreement continues until the three are pushing as well as shouting. The teacher approaches to help the children resolve this situation. _____________________________________________________________ Consider the level of mistaken behaviour and the motivation of the children to demonstrate the behaviour(s) they did When the teacher approaches the situation, discuss what she will need to say and do in order to effectively implement the steps to problem solving Think of different ways the situation could be resolved (identify the alternatives the children will generate and then choose from