We wrapped up Friendship Week today. We did a lot of discussing what it means to do a friend and what are some fun/safe things you can do with your friend. I created this fun matching game to use in our sensory bin. I dyed some rice for the first time and it turned out perfect! It also reminded me of grass, so I found pictures of kids on the playground. On the cards I wrote words that describe what a good friend does, like share, help, kind, etc. Then, we picked a card, read the word, and discussed the word more. I added these fun "Buddy Builders" from Amazon and they were perfect "friends" for our park. This book is a great way to talk about the nice things our hands can do. Especially, if you have any kiddos who like to use their hands in an unsafe way ;) I also dyed noodles for the first time, too! We used those noodles to make friendship necklaces! We also used a bead kit for friendship bracelets :) Click on image to grab this bead kit! These peanut butter and jelly color matching cards were a huge hit! We played restaurant and worked together to serve the correct colors. I got these from The Homestead Teacher! Grab them HERE! We like to think of words that start with each letter. When we are out, we will see a letter and I always have to think of something that starts with that letter. It totally helps connect learning, so I made these "F is for friends!" page and we decorated the 'f' different supplies. For our play dough invitation, I printed off this cute friendship clip art set from Creative Clips! We put the friends in our play dough and pretended we were playing at the park! The last game we did was this fun math activity! We had to help the boy get to his friends by rolling our dice and counting each circle. It was a great way to practice some counting, number identification, and taking turns! Grab these activities HERE! *NOTE: the play dough friends are not included in this due to terms of use, but they are free for you to download HERE!
Last week, was Friendship Week in preschool. My goal was to help the children get to know each other - learn some names of fellow classmates...
This toddler friendship activity is easy and fun to make and is a simple reminder that we are all friends in our classroom. Free printable!
You can easily help your students get to know each other. Try some of these games about friendship to help your students out.
Creating A Classroom Community Through Art Part 1 Red, yellow, and blue are great alone, but when you mix them you create something beautiful. This is how lasting friendships are formed. Two individuals coming together to create something beautiful - FRIENDSHIP. The children pick a friend to work with and were given a large sheet of paper to decorate. We used tempera paint (red, yellow, blue), flannel sheets, and plastic plates. We diluted the paint with water to make it easier for it to pass through the flannel sheet. The children then placed one hand in one of the primary colors, and made handprints on the table. "What does the paint feel like on your hands?" "What do you think will happen if you hold hands and mix your colors?" "Can you create that color again?" "How many different colors can you make?" How can you make that color brighter?" Holding Hands to Mix Colors Color Mixing: Yellow + Blue = Green Color Mixing: Red + Blue = Purple One of the final art pieces. This is a working piece of art that the children will continue to add to, and extend their ideas. More to come very soon!
Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Use our Free Friendship Unit in your classroom to teach students the characteristics of a good friend and how to make the right choices at school and at home when it comes to navigating and maintaining friendships. This free friendship unit is perfect for back to school time or a refresher anytime during the school
Teachers can use these 15 friendship books and videos for the classroom to teach kids friendship skills: how to make friends and how to be a good friend.
Discover top tips, step-by-step processes, and printables for preschool lesson planning to enhance teaching and support child development.
You can easily help your students get to know each other. Try some of these games about friendship to help your students out.
Are you looking for back to school activities, and the first week of school centers that are hands-on and focus on Friendship? Then, you will love our Back to School Activities and Centers and Preschool! This unit has been created and practiced throughout my 11 years of teaching 4K. The activities in this unit are great for children 3 1/2-6. The activities revolve around friendship books and back to school rules, routines and getting to know our school environment.
A Preschool Friendship Theme that includes preschool lesson plans, activities and Interest Learning Center ideas for your Preschool Classroom!
Whether it's the beginning of the school year or anytime in the middle--this is one of my favorite activities to do with students. As much as school is about reading, writing, math, science, social studies, PE, art, music, and all the subjects--it's even more about the relationships that students build with their peers. No classroom is perfect because we are all learning! We start off with FRIENDSHIP TOWERS. At first I have some building blocks (you can use Jenga blocks, unifix cubes, really anything that you can build with) and we talk about what makes a great friend by asking questions like: What do great friends do? What do they sound like? What do they look like? (as in actions) What do they make you feel like? And with each response I build a tower. I have my students write down key terms that they say and add to their "Friendship Tower" page. A freebie printable is at the end of this post for you to use because #yourock. Then I talk about how all friends aren't perfect...and I take away a few blocks. We discuss how this doesn't mean that a friendship is over, it just means that you have to keep building. Now sometimes something might happen where you feel your friendship tower has been completely destroyed. Sadsville. We discuss cirmcumstances like this because students will encounter this--it's real life y'all. BUT then we talk about how it's okay to rebuild and refortify your friendship and how it is totally possible! Then students get to build their own friendship towers and encourage one another and cheer each other on for the "coooolest tower" or the "tallest tower" or the "funkiest tower" and so on. I'm allllll about simplicity with a big impact and my students alllllllways love this one. JUST had to share! Will you try this? I think you should! Let me know how it goes in the comments. Oh, and grab this handy dandy freebie printable {HERE} Over and Out!
Today, I'm sharing a roundup of Montessori-inspired friendship activities for home or school.
Developing empathy in children has never been more fun than with this collection of 19 simple empathy activities for kids!
Discover math Valentine's Day activities your preschoolers will adore. All hands-on ways to practice counting, measurement, patterns, and more!
A blog dedicated to help teachers in preschool and kindergarten find quality, hands on educational activities for their homes and classrooms.
You can easily help your students get to know each other. Try some of these games about friendship to help your students out.
I am ready to add spring poems to our poetry notebooks. I just can't take the winter any longer! Poems to add to our notebooks this month! Make a Hello Spring Book! Hello butterflies! click here for poems and spring book Here are some other posts that share spring poems! March Poems April Poems April Poems
Friendship Day is tomorrow {always the 1st Sunday in August}- what better way to celebrate than with fun handprint art! The 3rd week in August is also Friendship Week. Click through the links below to see easy ways for kids to celebrate all the awesome friends in their lives. Some ideas are perfect for a classroom project as a creative way for the students to get to know their new friends. Kids in summer camps might enjoy a keepsake of all their friends they made throughout the summer. Friendship High Fives by The Pleasant Thing Rainbow of Hands to celebrate
A blog dedicated to help teachers in preschool and kindergarten find quality, hands on educational activities for their homes and classrooms.
Friendship activities for preschoolers are important to their social growth as well as learning how to share and get along with others.
Kindergarten blog for teachers in the classroom. Ideas for homeschooling as well. Free files to your with your students.
This friendship gross motor activity makes friendship activities for preschool fun, especially with an ice cream theme that kids will love!
ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
These friendship activities for elementary students are a fun way to build a happy, caring classroom climate & teach social skills that will last all year.
Last week was finally our first week of school. It was great!! I was thinking about posting some of the cool things we did and realize...
Make cooperative friendship art with preschoolers!
My Body themed activities and centers (FREEBIES too)! Preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos will love these centers.
National Make a Friend Day is observed on February 11th annually. Since we started, Yoobi has advocated not only the importance of giving back but the value of being kind and making friends with others. There’s no better time to encourage new friendships than on National Make a Friend Day!
