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Taking Turns and Sharing

Learn why turn-taking keeps games fair and fun, and practise waiting patiently for your go.

  • Define and explain Taking Turns and Sharing in your own words
  • Use key terms such as taking turns accurately
  • Apply what you have learned to new examples and questions
  • Avoid the common mistakes learners make with this topic

This lesson focuses on Taking Turns and Sharing: learn why turn-taking keeps games fair and fun, and practise waiting patiently for your go.

Definition: Taking Turns and Sharing

Learn why turn-taking keeps games fair and fun, and practise waiting patiently for your go.

Key ideas

Fairness keeps friendships strong

Taking turns and sharing show your friends that you respect them. When one person always grabs the best toy or always chooses the game, friendships wobble. Fair rules, agreed together, keep play fun for everyone.

Good friends are kind on purpose

Kindness is not just a feeling; it is something you do. Good friends listen when you talk, tell the truth gently, and cheer you on. The good news is that every one of these habits can be practised, starting today.

Key term — taking turns: Waiting for your go and letting others have theirs, which keeps games and conversations fair.

Worked example: Taking Turns and Sharing

Why is taking turns important in a game?

It keeps the game fair and fun for everyone, and shows respect for others.

Answer: It keeps the game fair and fun for everyone, and shows respect for others.

Common mistakes
  • Winning an argument means you are right Shouting loudest does not make you right; listening and finding a fair compromise does.
  • Real friends never disagree All friends disagree sometimes. A strong friendship is not one with no arguments, but one where arguments get fixed kindly.

Practice

You and your friend both want the last biscuit. Suggest a fair compromise.
Could you both get something out of it?

Answers vary: split it in half, take turns having the last one, or play a quick fair game to decide.

Name three qualities of a good friend.
Think about how a good friend treats you.

Any three: kind, honest, listens, shares, includes others, cheers you on, keeps promises.

What is a compromise?
It involves everyone giving a little.

A solution where everyone gives a little so a disagreement is sorted fairly for all sides.

A new pupil is sitting alone at lunch. What could you do to include them?
Think of a small, kind invitation.

Invite them to sit with you or join your game, and ask their name — small invitations make people feel welcome.

Quick check

Taking Turns and Sharing — quick check

Which of these best defines "taking turns"?

Waiting for your go and letting others have theirs, which keeps games and conversations fair.

True or false: good friends never argue.

False. Friends do argue; what matters is fixing arguments kindly.
Key takeaways
  • Taking Turns and Sharing: learn why turn-taking keeps games fair and fun, and practise waiting patiently for your go.
  • Fairness keeps friendships strong: Taking turns and sharing show your friends that you respect them.
  • compromise: When everyone gives a little so that a disagreement can be sorted fairly for all sides.
  • Watch out for: winning an argument means you are right
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