Age Groups: Little Kids, Toddlers
Skills: Empathy, Fine Motor, Focus
Materials
- Toy animals, sand, dirt, or ice, spoons or shovels
Instructions
- Oh no! Your animals are stuck in the sand (or dirt, or frozen in a block of ice)! How do you think they’re feeling? Worried? Scared? Lonely?
- Quick! They need your help to get out. Can you rescue them? How does it feel to save the animals? Does it make you feel proud? Strong? Kind?
- How do you think the animals feel after being rescued? Do they need any bandages or medicine? What a relief to be rescued at last!
Vocabulary
Rescue - to save from danger
Stuck - unable to move
Worried - anxious or troubled
Proud - pleased with self