Materials
index cards
pen
hole punch
string or heavy rubber band
Instructions
1. Use the transition to snack (or meal time) or when preparing to go home at
the end of the day to foster friendship between class members.
2. Ask each child to bring someone else's lunch box, school bag, or coat when
it's time for everyone to get organized. Each child helps another get ready.
3. Comment on how happy it makes us feel when we help someone else
instead of just doing things for ourselves.
4. Continue the discussion by asking children what other helpful acts they
could do for their classmates. Write a list of the children's ideas and post it in
the room, or send it home as part of a newsletter. Older children can write
the ideas down themselves.
More to do Home-to-School Connection: Ask children what helpful acts they do at home
for their parents and/or siblings. Make charts of household tasks children can
do to send home. Parents can give children positive feedback by sending notes
to the teacher about what their children are doing at home.