Three year olds Susie and Rachel are playing in the housekeeping corner with the dolls. Each seems to be getting along well with the other putting the 'babies' in the bed, feeding them and caring for them. They decide it is time to take the babies for a walk. Susie picks up one doll and Rachel grabs it out of her hands saying that is the baby that she wants. An argument begins over the doll and soon the two girls both have their hands on the doll, and are pulling it back and forth. 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) P