On the bus
The bus is full. Somebody with a walking stick has got on and there are no seats.
What do you do?
Step 1: What Would You Do?
There is often more than one good answer. Pick one and see what happens.
At the park
You have finished your snack and there is no bin nearby. The wrapper is in your hand.
What do you do?
Step 2: What That Was
The name for what you just worked out.
A park, a bus, a classroom. Lots of people are using it, and none of them chose the others.
Turns
When there is one of something and lots of people, turns are how everybody gets some.
Leave it how you found it
Somebody else is next. What you leave is what they arrive to.
Step 3: Quick Check
Two questions, then you are done.
Question 1 of 1
You have finished on the swing and there is a queue. What do you do?
Step 4: Your Life Mission
Something to do away from the screen. Nobody is checking.
Leave it better
- Somewhere you go today, leave it a bit tidier than you found it.
- Just one thing is enough.
- Nobody has to notice.
Why: Doing it when nobody notices is the version that counts.
Step 5: What You Learned
- Lots of people are using the same space.
- Turns are how everybody gets some.
- Leave it how you found it.
For the grown-up
Sharing is genuinely hard at this age because a small child’s sense of ownership is strong and immediate. Turn-taking with a visible end — a count, a timer — works far better than appeals to fairness.
Naming the next person helps a great deal. "Then it is Mia’s turn" gives the ending a shape rather than making it an arbitrary stop.
Leaving a space as you found it is the beginning of everything this domain does later. It is worth being consistent about even when nobody is watching.