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Teamwork: when is a job easier together than alone?

For littler ones: When is a job easier to do with a friend than all by yourself?

Teamwork — When is a job easier together than alone?

This week we're wondering about teamwork — when a job actually goes better with more hands. The line is different for everyone. When is a job easier together than alone? It's a good one to turn over in the car or at the table, because everyone at your house will draw the line in a different place.

This week's stories

American

Paul Revere's Ride

The famous midnight ride to warn the countryside — and the part the song leaves out: Revere wasn't the only rider out that night. William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode too, and it was Prescott who carried the warning the rest of the way.

Classics

The Travelling Musicians

A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, each too old to be wanted at home, who meet on the road and discover that four voices raised together can do what none of them could do alone.

Talk about it

  • What's a job at your house that's easier with help — and what's one you'd rather just do yourself?
  • Paul Revere didn't ride alone that night — and he didn't finish the route. When have you needed someone to finish a job you started?
  • The four animals each had a different sound. When does it help to have people who can do different things?

A new question every week.

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