During a board game, one player says, “Can we pause a minute? I want to check if I understand the rules.” Their friend waits patiently instead of rushing them.
Good sport
Jacob is playing a game of Snakes&Ladders with his friend Marc. Every time when Marc gets a low score or goes down the snake, Jacob smiles and says: "Yeah! Great!"
Not a good sport. It is unpleasant for Marc to hear such commens or see Jacob smiling when he gets a low score.
Henry and Nick had a race. Nick won. He says, “Wow, I didn’t even have to try to win. It was so easy!"”
Not a good sport. Nick is bragging and making it sound like Henry is not good at running the race.
Jake and Damian want to play different games. Damian says, “We can play your game first, and mine after.” They compromise instead of insisting.
Good sport. They avoided unnecessary arguments and disagreements
Luke is good at playing Monopoly. When his friends comes to his house and suggests to play a different game, Luke doesn't want to listen to his idea. He insists: “We always play it this way at my house"
Not a good sport. He should listen to his friend's ideas and let him have a turn to choose a game.
During a game, Sam realizes he miscounted or used the wrong piece and says, “Oops, that was my mistake. Let me fix it.”
Good sport. He was honest about making a mistake and fixed it.
Ben is good at playing basketball but he almost never passes the ball to his teammates, because he likes to score and take a credit for that himself.
Not a good sport. It is important to be a team player and pass the ball to others to help your team to win.
Jesse and Evan want to play different games and cannot decide which one to pick, because each of them want to pick one first.
Not a good game. Good friends try to find a compromise to avoid unnecessary arguments
Nina, Sally and Tom play a card game. When Tom realises that he is going to lose, he gets up and says, "I quit. This game is boring!"
Not a good game. He should finish the game not to spoil fun for other players
Brian wins a class trivia question but gestures to another child and says, “You knew a lot of them too. Good job.”
Good game. He is not bragging and giving a compliment to another child.
