Kindergarten Solving a Problem With a Friend worksheets

About this worksheet

Two children wanting the same crayon, the same turn on the slide, or the same toy car is one of the most common disagreements in a kindergarten classroom, and it is solvable without deciding who was right. The grown-up says one short sentence about a small, ordinary disagreement, never a situation where one child is being mean on purpose, and the child points to the picture of a fair way to solve it: two children passing a block for sharing, children waiting for their turn on a slide for taking turns, a handshake for shaking hands and saying sorry after an accident, lips for using words, or a teacher for asking a grown-up. A knocked-over tower is treated as an accident that needs an apology, not blame.

The other pictures are unhelpful choices such as shouting, running away or grabbing, so the child has to tell a fair solution apart from one that only helps one side. Nothing has to be read. Each question has one fair plan that fits the story, and the other pictures are plainly unfair or do not fit it: nobody needs to say sorry when nothing has been broken, and two friends who both want to go first cannot share going first. Ask your child how their choice is fair to BOTH friends, not just to the one who wanted something first — that question is the heart of the skill this page teaches.

What your child will learn

• Choose a fair way to solve a disagreement over a toy, a turn, or a game
• Tell a fair solution apart from shouting or running away
• Treat an accident as something to repair with words, not blame
• Recognise when a problem needs an adult's help