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Encouraging Each Other

Zach, Jai and Cooper are helping with a pretend building-site challenge: stacking cardboard blocks to make a tall, sturdy tower. The team can use kind words, helpful actions and careful listening when someone finds a task tricky. Read each situation and choose how to encourage one another.

Choose kind and helpful encouragement

Encouragement is most helpful when it is kind, specific and respectful. You can also offer help or listen.

1.Zach’s block tower wobbles and falls. Which response encourages him to try again?

“That was a good try. Want to test a wider base?”
“You always get it wrong.”
Walk away without saying anything.

2.Jai feels nervous about showing the team his design. Write one kind sentence you could say to encourage him.

3.Cooper is struggling to hold the cardboard steady. What is a helpful thing to do? Choose one.

Ask, “Would you like a hand?” and wait for his answer.
Grab the cardboard without asking.
Tell him he is too slow.

4.True or false: Encouraging someone means you must tell them their work is perfect, even when it is not.

TrueFalse

5.Complete the helpful encouragement: “You kept practising even when it was tricky. That shows .”

Put teamwork into action

Different people may like different kinds of support. Ask, listen and respect their answer.

6.Match each situation with the most helpful response.

A. A teammate looks disappointed after a mistake.
B. A teammate has a new idea.
C. A teammate is having trouble with a task.

2. “Mistakes help us learn. What could we change?”
1. “Would you like help, or would you rather try on your own?”
3. “Tell us about your idea.”

7.A teammate says, “Please give me a moment. I want to try by myself.” What is a respectful response?

8.Choose two ways to encourage a teammate.

Listen while they explain how they feel.
Notice their effort or a useful idea.
Laugh when they make a mistake.
Keep telling them what to do after they ask you to stop.

9.Write a short encouragement message Cooper could give Zach after Zach helps the team solve a problem. Make it specific and kind.

10.Design a small encouragement card for someone on the building-site team. Draw a simple symbol and write one kind message they could use while practising.

11.Finish the reflection: When we encourage each other, a team can feel _____ because _____.