Friends Solve Problems: A Little Taste of Heart Skills
- Tearri Rivers
- 16 minutes ago
- 3 min read
What do children need when friendship gets hard?
They need opportunities to practice listening, communicating, taking turns, and solving problems with others.
That is what Heart Skills: Circle Time with Puppet Pals is all about.
The “I Don’t Want to Share!” 5-Day Digital Unit gives teachers a playful, developmentally appropriate way to help young children practice these important social-emotional skills through puppet conversations, songs, games, activities, and teacher-guided discussion.
And today, I want to give you a FREE sample from the unit!
🎵 Friends Solve Problems
One of the ways children can practice a Heart Skill is through music.
The “Friends Solve Problems” song, sung to the familiar tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” gives children simple words they can remember when they experience a friendship problem.
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Chorus
Friends solve problems, yes we do! (Clap twice.)
Friends solve problems, me and you! (Point to yourself, then a friend.)
Verse
I listen to you, you listen too. (Cup hand to ear, then point to a friend who cups their ear.)
We take our turns in all we do. (Point to yourself, then a friend.)
Kindly say, "Let's find a way!" (Open hands toward each other.)
We'll work together every day! (Hold hands with a partner or link elbows.)
Repeat Chorus
Friends solve problems, yes we do! (Clap twice.)
Friends solve problems, me and you! (Point to yourself, then a friend.)
The song is simple enough for young children to sing along with and can become a familiar reminder that problems with friends don't have to mean the end of the friendship.
Sometimes we can listen, talk, take turns, and work together.
💛 A Glimpse Inside the Unit
The song is only one small piece of what children experience in the “I Don’t Want to Share!” 5-Day Digital Unit.
The unit provides opportunities for children to learn through conversation, play, music, creativity, and hands-on experiences.
These photos offer just a glimpse of the kind of hands-on experiences that can accompany Heart Skills learning enrichment class.
The goal isn't simply to complete a craft or memorize a song.
The goal is to give children repeated opportunities to practice the skills they need to build healthy friendships.
🎵 Get the FREE Song
I would love for you to try “Friends Solve Problems” with your class, childcare group, homeschool group, or family.
You can download the song FREE from Moxie's Teaching Toolbox.
And before you download it, let Milo and Mya sing it for you!
🎬 Watch the Reel ~ Intro: Milo & Mya — “Friends Solve Problems”
In the companion reel, Milo and Mya introduce themselves and sing “Friends Solve Problems” together.
Let your children sing along, learn the words, and begin thinking about what they can do when they have a problem with a friend.
🌱 This is just a sample.
The “Friends Solve Problems” song gives you a little taste of the Heart Skills approach.
The complete “I Don’t Want to Share!” 5-Day Digital Unit provides five days of intentional opportunities to help young children practice friendship and problem-solving skills in ways that are engaging, age-appropriate, and easy for teachers to bring into the classroom.
Small moments.
Simple words.
Big heart skills.
That is the heart of Heart Skills: Circle Time with Puppet Pals.
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