Caring - The Caring Crabs Game

This activity uses intentional teaching strategies to focus on the capabilities of caring and kindness. Children will play a game of tickle crabs: when the tide is in, they need to scurry about picking up food, but when the tide is out, they need to find a home to shelter in. This social-emotional game encourages caring and kindness using role-play. If children work together, they can make a home to share when the tide goes out. They can also find a way back to the beach with care and kindness from their friends.

Learning intentions

This suite of resources has been designed to provide opportunities for children to explore social and emotional learning through imaginative play and also supports oral language development through a values framework. Each activity uses intentional teaching strategies to develop a specific value. This activity focuses on:

Click here for a full list of the values that underpin these activities.

This lesson showcases a Bluey episode, which can be viewed on ClickView. Don't have a ClickView subscription? Bluey is also available on ABC iView. For real life!