Flexible Thinking

Aubree's family is making her go out shopping, and she doesn't want to.

Kori was supposed to get art time today but is upset when he learns the art teacher is out.

The Anderson family was playing Candy Land and Jimmy wanted the blue piece but his sister picked it out first. Jimmy yelled, "That's not fair, she always gets the blue one!" Then he pushed the pieces on the floor and left the room.

Jimbo went to a friend's house, and there is no food he likes.

Your parents said you could go to Dairy Queen for ice cream but it is closed.

Zeke is frustrated because he had concert tickets to see Justin Bieber but the concert has been rescheduled until next year.

Danny was very excited about going to soccer practice. But when he got there, it was over. He was told the wrong time. He was very disappointed and told his mom that his day was ruined and talked about it over and over all week.

You wanted to wear your favorite sweatshirt but it is dirty.

Nick is angry and upset because his friend called him and said some mean things.

You and your classmate both want to sit in the special chair

Kathy wanted to work with Lisa in a breakout room on ZOOM but the teacher put her with Karen. Kathy was a little disappointed but she counted to 5 quietly to calm down and thought, "It's OK, maybe I can work with Lisa next time."

If you are always doing what you want, are you being flexible?

You are playing a game and everyone wants to go first.

You and your brother want to go to different restaurants for dinner.

Brittney took the wrong lunch by accident and now she has her sister's sandwich that she does not like.

Isabel wanted to have tacos for dinner but her dad said that they were having meatloaf. Isabel took 3 belly breaths to calm down and thought, "It's OK, I can have tacos another time."

The friend you always like to play with is absent.

Anna's baseball practice is cancelled and she's really upset.

Scott has a school assembly to go to but he think is it will be boring.

Your friend is over and you both want a chocolate chip cookie but there is only one left.

Your grandparents can't come over on your birthday to celebrate.

Lunch was supposed to be chicken nuggets, but they ran out and now it's something different.

Mary is grounded until she gets her grades up but she thinks that will never happen.

Someone else is sitting in the place you always sit at lunch.

Andy was excited to see that he was the line leader. But his teacher came and asked him if he would let another student be the leader for the day. Andy said, "OK" and thought to himself, "I can be a leader another day."

Samuel and Isaac had a playdate. Samuel told Isaac he wanted to play outside. Isaac told Samuel he wanted to play inside. Samuel said "I wanted to play outside so if you don't want to then I don't want to play with you today."

Bryan is paired up with someone he doesn't like in science for a lab.

My teacher is not here and there is a sub.

Nikki was moved away from her best friend in class for talking too much.

You are getting ready to go outside for recess, but it starts raining and you have to stay inside

Chandler is angry when he hears that his friend broke his favorite pen.

JoAnna really needs extra help in math but she thinks her teacher hates her.