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You just bought your favorite popsicle. Before you can take many bites, it starts melting quickly and drips all over your hands, shirt, and the sand. You're frustrated because you were really looking forward to eating it.

What size problem is this?

Your friend wants to swim in the ocean, but they're nervous to go out deep because the waves look bigger than they expected. You love to swim out deep.

What can you do?

Your friends ask if you want to be buried in the sand. While they're covering your legs, you realize you don't want to be buried anymore.

What can you say?

You want to spend the afternoon boogie boarding because the waves are perfect. Your best friend would rather collect seashells along the beach.

What can you do

You're digging a huge hole when you throw a shovel full of sand behind you. Some of the sand lands on another family's beach towels and snacks.

How do they feel? What can you do?

You've been waiting in line for ten minutes to buy ice cream. Just before it's your turn, a little kid walks right in front of you and places their order first.

What thoughts are you having right now? What will you do?

While playing beach volleyball, you accidentally sit on your sunglasses and they snap in half. Now the sun feels really bright.

What size problem is this? What can you do?

You want to swim farther into the ocean because the waves look bigger. Your parent tells you to stay where you can still stand and where the lifeguard can easily see you.

What is your perspective? What is their perspective?

You spent a long time collecting seashells in a bucket. Suddenly, a large wave washes over the bucket and many of the shells float away.

What size problem is this?

You hear a child crying loudly because they can't find their parents on the beach. How do they feel?

How do they feel? What can you do?

You bend down to pick up a beautiful shell at the same moment another child reaches for it. Both of you think you found it first.

What can you do?

A strong gust of wind blows your family's beach umbrella across the sand. It lands near another family and almost hits their cooler.

How does your family feel? How does the other family feel?

After playing in the hot sun for a long time, you realize you forgot to bring your water bottle to the beach. You start feeling hot and thirsty.

What size problem is this?

You notice someone tossing chips to the seagulls even though there is a sign asking visitors not to feed the birds. Soon, many seagulls gather around people trying to eat lunch.

What's the problem?

Your family says it's time to pack up and go home. You're having so much fun that you refuse to help clean up and keep running back into the waves.

How does your family feel?

You proudly show another child the sandcastle you built. They shrug and say, "That's the ugliest sandcastle I've ever seen."

How would you feel? How should you respond?

Your younger cousin wants to help build your sandcastle. Instead of adding sand carefully, they keep knocking down the walls with the shovel because they think it's funny.

What would you do?

You jump over a big wave, and water splashes onto another family's blanket. Their towels and books get wet, and they don't look very happy.

What would you say?

You finally sit down to eat your lunch. As soon as you unwrap your sandwich, a seagull swoops down and grabs part of it before flying away.

What size problem is this?

You packed your favorite bucket and shovel. Another child asks if they can borrow them to build a sandcastle. You were planning to use them yourself.

What will you do?

You are having so much fun swimming when the lifeguard blows a whistle and tells everyone to leave the water because a thunderstorm is getting close. The sky still looks mostly sunny where you are.

What should you do?

Your family arrives at the beach, and after setting everything up, you realize you forgot to put on sunscreen. You already want to run into the water, but your parent says you need sunscreen first.

What should you do?

You spent almost an hour building a giant sandcastle with towers and a moat. Another child is running by and accidentally steps on one of the towers, knocking it over. They put their hands to their cheeks and open their mouth and eyes wide.

How big is the problem? How do you think each person feels? What could you do?

While walking barefoot, you accidentally step on a sharp shell and scrape the bottom of your foot. It hurts, and there is a little bit of blood.

What size problem is this? What should you do next?

You see ropes and signs protecting a sea turtle nest. Another child says, "Let's climb over the rope so we can get a closer look!"

What would you say? Why?