When Tucker
Turtle Gets Too
Excited, He
Takes Time to
Tuck and Think!
Adapted by Team Tennessee (2013) from: Tucker Turtle Takes Time to Tuck and Think: A scripted story to assist with teaching the
“Turtle Technique” By Rochelle Lentini March 2005
Created using pictures from Microsoft Clipart® and Webster-Stratton, C. (1991). The teachers and children videotape series: Dina dinosaur school.
Seattle, WA: The Incredible Years.
The End!
Tucker’s friends and teacher are happy when he calms down, uses his
inside voice, waits his turn and keeps his body in control.
Friends also like it when Tucker has a teacher help him be calm when he is
excited.
Tucker Turtle is a terrific turtle.
He likes to play with his friends at Wet Lake School.
But sometimes Tucker gets really excited about activities at school.
Tucker can then think of a solution or a better way to
show others he is excited.
Step 4
He can tuck inside his shell and take 3 deep breaths to
calm down.
Step 3
1..
2..
3..
When Tucker got too excited… he would not wait his turn instead he yelled
out to the teacher or his friends, he would run around the classroom and
accidently bump into his friends or other things.
His friends and his teacher would get upset when he didn’t wait his turn,
yelled out, and accidently bump into them.
I WANT
TO DO
IT!!
NOW!
MY
TURN!
MY
TURN!
Tucker now knows a new way to “think like a turtle”
when he really gets excited.
I am so
excited
to do
that!
Step 1
He can stop and quiet his voice and slow his feet.
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