What if? Common Sense Teaching

What if you were going to the beach?

• I would bring sunblock

• I'd leave my bathing suit at home

• I would make a cake

• I would put on a winter coat and gloves

What if your mom told you to clean your room?

• I would play with all my toys and then clean my room

• I would stuff everything under the bed so it looked clean

• I would go watch TV and do it later

• I would clean my room

What if a grown up you did not know asked for your help finding their puppy?

• I would hold their hand and help him/her find their puppy

• I would go tell an adult I know as quickly as I could.

• I would get in their car with them to go look for their puppy

• I would let my friend go with the stranger while I stayed

What if someone accidentally left a whole box of ice cream out on the kitchen counter?

• I would leave it there, it is not my fault

• I would just put it in the freezer for them.

• I would eat all of their ice cream

• I would put it in the cabinet

What if your friend told you that you hurt their feelings?

• I would laugh and tell them too bad.

• I would say that they hurt me too once so it is okay for me to hurt them.

• I would ask them how I hurt them and then apologize.

• I would kick them and run away.

What if you spilled juice all over the living room floor?

• I would run around in circles panicking.

• I would go get my mom and dad while they are busy and tell them to clean it.

• I would go to the nearest bathroom or kitchen and get a towel and clean it up.

• I would put a rug over the mess and pretend it never happened

What if you were walking to the park and you saw a big hole in the sidewalk that you could fall into?

• I would walk into the busy street near all the cars to go around the hole.

• I would run and jump over the hole.

• I would look for a safe way around the hole without going into the street

• I would give up and go home.

What if someone asked you to hand them a sharp object?

• I would grab it quickly and throw it at them

• I would carefully give it to them with the sharp end going into their hand

• I would carefully give it to them with the sharp end in my hand and safe end in their hand

• I would tell them to get it themselves

What if your friend was allergic to peanuts and you knew what they were about to eat had peanuts in it?

• I would let them eat it.

• I would stop them from eating it and tell them it had peanuts and it was dangerous.

• I would leave the room to find someone else to talk to them.

• I would slap it out of their hands and scream at them.