Moral Stories Ages 5-6 3 min read

Two Turns on the Swing

A playground problem becomes fair with turn-taking.

Try the question at the end
Two Turns on the Swing

Neel wanted the swing first.

Sara wanted it too.

The teacher smiled and said, 'Two turns for Neel, two turns for Sara.'

Soon both children were laughing instead of frowning.

Story thought

Fair turns can solve a small conflict kindly.

Parent tip

Read slowly, point to key words, and ask one warm question at the end.

Try these story questions

Short follow-up prompts help with listening, memory, and simple inference.

Question 1

How did the teacher help?

The teacher made a fair turn-taking plan.

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