Grown-Up's Guide
Pip's Feelings Club · Episode 8: My Turn!
"Can I have a turn after you?"Ask first
Count. Sing. Or find something to do.Then pick a waiting trick
"Your turn, then my turn, waiting can be long."The Waiting Song
The steps from the episode
Ask for a turn → pick a waiting trick (count, sing, or find something to do) → have your turn. The Waiting Song: "Your turn, then my turn, waiting can be long. I can count, or I can play, or sing my waiting song!" In the episode, counting to ten is a deal Rory agrees to, not a rule. At the easel the wait is much longer, so Pip finds something else to do. The tricks do not make waiting fun. They give your child something to do while it is still hard. And if a turn never comes, they can ask a grown-up to help make it fair.
Doing a sheet
Watch the episode together first: scan the code on Sheet 1, or visit pipsfeelingsclub.com. A calm 10 minutes, never as a consequence. You read the comic, your child does the pens. Sing the song together when nobody is waiting for anything: a song learned in a calm moment is one they can find in a hard one. Finish with a play card.
What to talk about
Sheet
Ask them
Do together
My Turn!
"What did Pip want?"
"What did she ask Rory?"
"Can you sing the Waiting Song?"
Count ten of something together: stairs, swings or spoonfuls.
Busy While I Wait
"Was the painting a short wait or a long wait?"
"What did Pip do while she waited?"
"What could you do?"
Pick one wait that is hard at home, and plan a trick for it.
When they have to wait
1. Name it: "Waiting is hard, isn't it?"
2. "Ask for a turn. Then pick a trick."
3. Make sure their turn really comes.
When they're stormy
Use fewer words. Stay near and stay calm.
Leave the song until the storm is smaller.
Still too big? A cuddle comes first.
Do it out loud yourself
"What a long queue. I'll count the cars."
Hum the Waiting Song where they can hear.
"That was a long wait. Singing helped."
Catch them doing it well
"You asked for a turn. Good asking!"
"You found something to do. Clever!"
"That was a long wait, and you did it."
Try to avoid
"Just wait!" with no trick to try.
Waits that are too long for their age.
Promising a turn that never comes.
Every day (2 minutes)
Any short wait: the kettle, the bath, the lift.
Sing the Waiting Song, or count to ten.
A star when they pick a trick themselves.