One toy, two children and a tug-of-war. Telling them to share rarely settles it, because sharing is really a set of skills, and small children haven\u2019t yet learned which one fits the moment.<\/p>
In the old tale, Meena and Mohan argue over a cake until Bandar the monkey \u201chelps\u201d by nibbling each half even, again and again, until only crumbs are left.<\/p>","problem_image":64,"solution_heading":"Split It, Trade It, Take a Turn","solution_body":"
The story hides three moves a young child can use: split it<\/strong> when the thing can fairly break in two, trade it<\/strong> when each of you has something the other wants, and take a turn<\/strong> when it has to stay whole.<\/p> The real skill is choosing the move that fits, which is exactly what two squirrels work out when they realise a pinecone can\u2019t be split. Children join in on the chant by the second reading: \u201cSplit it! Trade it! Take a turn!\u201d<\/em><\/p> At the back: a note for grown-ups on why \u201cjust share\u201d so rarely works, conversation starters, things to try at home and a ten-second script for the moment it\u2019s happening.<\/p>","solution_image":61,"inside_heading":"Look inside Mine & Ours","inside_intro":"A few watercolour pages from the story. Tap any page to see it larger.","inside_1":58,"inside_2":56,"inside_3":53,"inside_4":50,"benefits_heading":"What Your Child Takes Away","benefits_body":" Mine & Ours gives children a choice of fair moves instead of a single rule, and gives grown-ups a calm script for squabbles over toys, treats and turns.<\/p>","benefit_1_title":"Three Fair Moves","benefit_1_text":"Split it, trade it, take a turn: simple options a three-year-old can remember.","benefit_2_title":"Choosing What Fits","benefit_2_text":"Children practise picking the right move, just like the squirrels with their pinecone.","benefit_3_title":"Putting Things Right","benefit_3_text":"Bandar names what he did, says sorry and offers a mend, showing how repair works.","benefit_4_title":"A Timeless Tale","benefit_4_text":"An ancient Panchatantra fable, retold gently for today\u2019s listeners.","author_eyebrow":"From the author","author_heading":"Why I Wrote Mine & Ours","author_body":" I\u2019m Ujjwal Ganesh, father of two daughters, and I have refereed my share of tug-of-wars. The Panchatantra has been told to children in India for more than two thousand years, and I wanted to hand these stories on with one small, usable tool inside each one.<\/p> Mine & Ours is Book 1 of Little Fables, Big World. Every book stands on its own, so you can start with whichever tangle your child is in today.<\/p>","schema_description":"A rhyming read-aloud for ages 3 to 6 retold from the Panchatantra: two friends lose a cake to a \u201chelpful\u201d monkey, and children learn three sharing moves: split it, trade it, take a turn."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ujjwalganesh.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}