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LESSON BOOSTER: GOT A PROBLEM? KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Question How did Karen and Susan Solve their problem?

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LESSON BOOSTER: GOT A PROBLEM? KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Script HOST Problems can come up at your school or home almost every day. How do you feel when you have a problem with someone else? Do you get angry? Do you get frustrated? When you have a problem, what do you do about it? HOST Some people argue and fight. But fighting never really solves a problem. Fighting only makes the problem worse. But there are lots of things you can do to solve a problem without fighting. HOST Fighting is never fun and it’s not safe, either. So, think about good ways to solve problems. INT. SUSAN’S HOUSE SUSAN is running around the house, stuffing books, notebooks, lunch bag and grabs her flute (violin or some other music case) and runs out the door. HOST One day, SUSAN woke up late. It was a school day and she’d have to hurry to make the bus. She gathered up her homework, books, pencils and other things she needed for school and stuffed it all inside her backpack. And then she ran out the door to the bus stop. EXT. BUSTOP Karen is standing at bus stop with other kids. Bus pulls up, Karen is the last kid in line to get on the bus. From inside the bus we see Karen take a seat by herself. After a few seconds SUSAN comes on the bus and sits right next to Karen. HOST Meanwhile, Karen was already at the bus stop. When the bus arrived, Karen got in line. Got on the bus and took a seat by herself.

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EXT. SIDEWALK/ BUS STOP She runs down the street and as we see the school bus in front of her. Get a shot of her running towards the bus, from the bus. She runs to the bus and goes up the stairs to the bus. She enters the bus and sits down next to Karen. INT. SCHOOLBUS She sits down next to Karen. Karen is on the inside of the seat closest to SUSAN’S dominant hand. SUSAN takes a deep breath. HOST SUSAN made the bus just in time and sat down next to Karen. SUSAN unzips her backpack to pull out a granola bar. HOST SUSAN didn’t have time for breakfast, so she looked through her backpack for a granola bar. But as she looked through her backpack, her elbow hit Karen. It was an accident and SUSAN didn’t even know she did it. Karen didn’t say or do anything about it. She begins to unwrap the granola bar, and then stops. She starts to frantically go through her backpack. As she unzips and pokes through the bag, she continues to poke Karen. HOST But all of a sudden, SUSAN remembered that she had to bring her money in for the field trip and today was the last day. Her mom put an envelope with the money inside on the kitchen table last night. Did she remember to put it inside her backpack? As she looked through her backpack, her elbow kept poking Karen. SUSAN wasn’t paying attention and Karen thought she was doing it on purpose and got mad. So she decided to poke SUSAN back with her elbow. SUSAN got mad and poked Karen on purpose. Pretty soon, they were poking each other back and forth, back and forth. And it hurt. SUSAN Owww! Stop poking me.

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KAREN You stop poking me. SUSAN You stop, first. KAREN You stop, you started it. HOST Soon a little problem turned into a little fight. But it doesn’t have to happen that way. What else could Karen and Susan have done to solve the problem? Let’s find out. CUT TO INT. BUS Pick up when SUSAN gets on the bus and sits down next to Karen and takes out the granola bar and pokes Karen. KAREN Hey, why did you poke me? SUSAN I’m sorry. I didn’t know. She begin to unwrap the granola bar, then stops. She starts to frantically go through her backpack. As she unzips and pokes through the bag, She pokes Karen again. KAREN You’re poking me again. SUSAN Sorry. It was an accident. I have to find something. KAREN Can I help? SUSAN

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Sure hold this. Thanks. (she hands Karen a book to hold, she continues to rummage through the backpack. ) SUSAN Here it is. Thanks for helping. KAREN You’re welcome. HOST Did you see what Karen and Susan did to solve the problem? KAREN Hey, why did you poke me? SUSAN I’m sorry. I didn’t know. HOST Well, instead of poking each other. They talked to each other instead. KAREN You’re poking me again. SUSAN Sorry. It was an accident. I have to find something. KAREN Can I help? SUSAN Sure hold this. Thanks. HOST

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When you talk about a problem, you can solve it. Sometimes problems can make you feel angry or frustrated and you may feel like hitting. But now you know you can solve a problem in a safe way by talking about it.

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LESSON BOOSTER: GOT A PROBLEM? ASK QUESTIONS Questions Why is fighting a bad way to solve problems? What can you do to avoid fighting?

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LESSON BOOSTER: GOT A PROBLEM? ASK QUESTIONS Script HOST Problems can come up at your school or home almost every day. How do you feel when you have a problem with someone else? Do you get angry? Do you get frustrated? When you have a problem, what do you do about it? HOST Some people blame or call names. But blaming and name calling never solves a problem. It only makes the problem worse. But there are lots of things you can do to solve a problem without fighting. HOST Fighting is never fun and it’s not safe, either. So, let’s learn about good ways to solve problems. HOST Lots of times people get mad at things, even when they don’t know what really happened. And then they can blame and call names. HOST When you “blame” it makes people mad and that can cause fights. INT. KITCHEN OR OTHER ROOM Mike entering the house through the front door. Walks into room where Alex and his friend have two hot wheel tracks set up from a table, to the ground. And they have a bunch of cars on the table that they’re racing. HOST That’s what happened one day when Mike came home and found his older brother Alex and a friend playing with a racecar set. Right away, Mike thought it was HIS racecar set. Mike got angry and started to yell at his brother. MIKE Hey, that’s mine.

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Mike grabbed some race cars off the table. MIKE These are mine. You took them without asking. ALEX No I didn’t. MIKE Yes you did! ALEX They’re not yours. MIKE Yes they are. You took them. ALEX No I didn’t. ANIMATED SEGMENT Greeny still chasing Dotty. They end up on either side of the bench. Greeny moves one way, Dotty moves the opposite. HOST When you blame it can cause a fight. What could Mike have done so there wouldn’t be a fight? (pause) Well, he could find out about what’s going on. He could ask questions. Let’s see how that could work. Here’s Mike asking a question, first. Two different monsters hold up signs. One says “Ask”, the other “Questions”. CUT TO INT. KITCHEN Mike comes walking in. He stops, then asks a question. MIKE What are you guys doing?

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ALEX Joe brought his racecar set over. MIKE That’s Joe’s set? It looks just like mine. ALEX Yeah, but it’s Joes. Get yours and you can play, too. MIKE Okay. Dissolve to Mike, Alex and Joe racing cars. HOST This time Mike did not blame Alex. Animated characters come out with two signs. Won says “don’t blame”. The other says “ask questions”. HOST He asked a question and found out that it was Joe’s racecar set. No fighting. No one got hurt and everybody is happy. Got a problem? Ask Questions to help solve the problem. Credits

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Lesson Booster: Got A Problem? Share Ideas Question How did Sarah and Sam solve their problem?

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Lesson Booster: Got A Problem? Share Ideas Script HOST Problems can come up at your school or home almost every day. How do you feel when you have a problem with someone else? Do you get angry? Do you get frustrated? When you have a problem, what do you do about it? HOST Some people think they have the right answer and won’t listen to other people’s ideas to solve the problem. That makes other people mad and it can cause a fight. But there are lots of things you can do to solve a problem without getting others upset. HOST When you have a problem, you can try an idea to solve it. But it may not work. And it may not be the idea that works for everyone. You may have to come up with different ideas. Sara and Sam we’re drawing pictures on the sidewalk. Sara is drawing a picture of the sun in a blue sky, she’s coloring the sky blue, there are outlines of trees that require brown and green chalk. Sam is drawing a picture of fish. He has not colored the water blue yet. HOST One day, Sara and Sam were drawing pictures on the sidewalk with Sara’s new sidewalk chalk. They were both having a good time…. then Sam wanted to use the blue colored chalk….but Sara was using it. SAM Can I use the blue chalk? SARA I’m using it now. SAM But I need it so I can finish my picture.

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CU of Sara coloring with blue chalk. SAM Let me use it now, and you can use it later. SARA I don’t like that idea. HOST Sara didn’t like that idea. Is there something else they can do? SARA Why don’t you draw another picture with another color chalk? HOST That’s an idea. Does Sam like it? SAM I don’t want to. I want to finish this picture first. HOST Sam didn’t like Sara’s idea. Is there an idea they both like? SARA I know. Help me finish my picture. Then you can finish yours. SAM Okay. Sam and Sara are coloring Sara’s picture together. Sam is coloring with a green chalk. Sara with blue chalk. Then dissolve to Sam coloring his blue sea with the blue chalk. HOST Sara and Sam came up with an idea to solve their problem. And they both liked it. Trying different ideas is a great way to solve a problem and stop a fight. HOST

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You can come up with lots of ideas to solve problems. It’s important to find the idea that works for everyone and makes everyone happy. Got a problem? Share Ideas and solve it.