Encourage Meaning for Kids

Puzzle Encouragement

Maya: "Ugh, I can’t do this puzzle. The pieces hate me."

Leo: "Pieces can’t hate you. They don’t even have eyebrows."

Maya: "Well, they’re being super rude then. Nothing fits."

Leo: "You only tried, like, three pieces."

Maya: "That’s enough tries for my whole life."

Leo: "No way. Your whole life needs at least a million tries."

Maya: "My brain feels tired already."

Leo: "Want me to just finish it for you?"

Maya: "Then it’ll be your puzzle, not mine."

Leo: "Yeah, but you’ll be done faster."

Maya: "Fast isn’t fun if I don’t do anything."

Leo: "Hmm. Okay, I’m gonna sit right here and cheer for you instead."

Maya: "Cheer? Like a sports team?"

Leo: "Yep. I officially encourage you. Go, Maya, go!"

Maya: "That’s embarrassing."

Leo: "I can do a dance too."

Maya: "Please don’t do a dance."

Leo: "Then I’ll just say stuff. Try that blue piece on the corner."

Maya: "Fine. But if it doesn’t work, I’m blaming your encouragement."

Leo: "Deal. Try turning it around."

Maya: "…Oh! It clicked in!"

Leo: "See? My encourage powers are working."

Maya: "Do it again. Encourage me on this wiggly piece."

Leo: "You got this. You’re like a puzzle ninja."

Maya: "Puzzle ninja… whoa, two more pieces fit!"

Leo: "Told you. I’m not doing it for you, I just encourage you."

Maya: "It kinda feels like my brain gets braver when you say that."

Leo: "When I get stuck on my reading, you can encourage me too."

Maya: "Okay. I’ll say, ‘Go, Leo, go!’ but no dancing."

Leo: "Fair. We’ll just encourage each other forever."

Maya: "Then these puzzle pieces better be nice, because we’re not giving up."