Tonight with your 5 to 8 year old

The prompt

“If you could add one made-up rule to freeze tag, what would it be?”

What to listen for

A creative, funny rule shows healthy imaginative thinking and enjoyment of play for its own sake. Try the rule out for real if you can.

If the rule makes the game fairer or more inclusive somehow, that's a nice sign of thinking about others while playing.

If they're stuck, offer a silly example to get their gears turning.

What this tells you

How they reshape the rules of play shows you how much they enjoy having creative control within a shared game.