Me: "Rachel, is there anything else you want Isaiah to know?"
Rachel: "I am FRUSTRATED and ANGRY."
Me: "Isaiah, what do you hear Rachel saying?"
Isaiah: "She is frustrated and blah blah."
Me: "Rachel, is that it?"
Rachel: "Yes." [this completes third round; now we go to other child]
[After both children say they have nothing else to share, we go to Action Plan]
Me: "Thank you both. Now, does anyone have any ideas about how to solve this issue?"
Rachel: "NO."
Isaiah: "Yeah. Take that fish tank and spill it out and FLOOD this floor!"
Me: "Rachel, does that work for you? Will flooding the floor help solve this issue for you?"
Rachel, smiling a bit, "Nooo." [incidentally, the ideas need to work for EVERYONE, so anyone can jump in and say that a certain idea does not work, including the moms! Also, at times, other kids who have been listening will jump in with ideas. I simply take these and ask "does that work for everyone?"]
Me: "Ok, does anyone have any other ideas to help solve this issue?"
Isaiah, without speaking, takes the lego structure he was building, breaks it in half, gives one half to Rachel, reaches into her box and takes a bunch of legos out of that box for himself, and sits down looking satisfied. Rachel looks very happy too.
Me, astounded as usual: "Ok. Does this work for everyone?"
Both kids: "Yes."
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