We have been using some learning materials that use puppets but also scenarios pictured on different cards. For some children this may help them to better take in a story that is being told about a social challenge which the puppets face. I added a feelings chart. It offers another way for children to understand that different people might have different feelings about the same situation. Visuals are so helpful for children to be able to think more abstractly. And the puppets with their moveable mouths may not seem very exciting to adults, but the children are absorbed.
I sometimes refer to the story and/ or discussion at other times, eg “that’s like when Mo felt sad when they laughed at her”. If we say that relationships are at the heart of the early childhood curriculum, then how does that look in practice?