Friendship Activities & Lessons - How to Make Friends - Social Emotional SEL 3-5

This relationships social emotional learning curriculum includes 5 detailed lessons filled with hands-on and mindful activities. These are great to teach older kids about developing strong relationships with their teacher and peers, how to be a good friend and how to make friends, as well as practice ways to be an effective communicator and how to cooperate and work well in a group.

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♥♥The mind+heart Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for 3-5 is available for a SPECIAL DISCOUNT. You get an entire year’s worth of lessons (40 included) and activities to help older kids to develop emotional literacy, self-control, and social competence! ♥♥

Need digital and printable SEL lessons and activities?

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What does this Relationship unit cover?

Through a variety of thought-provoking lessons, discussions, community building ideas, and tons of engaging activities…

Lesson 1: Teacher-Student Relationship

★Kids will learn to understand what a relationship is and why the teacher-student one is important. They will work on this relationship together through get to know you activities and open discussions.

Lesson 2: Communication Skills

★Kids will learn to understand the importance of effective communication skills in building relationships. They will practice and demonstrate these skills with others.

Lesson 3: What is a Friend?

★Kids will learn to describe what a friend is and the qualities they possess. They will identify ways that they can be a good friend and work towards that goal.

Lesson 4: Making & Keeping Friends

★Kids will learn to describe specific behaviors and strategies they can use to help them make friends. They will understand that there are dilemmas and ways that they can be avoided.

Lesson 5: Collaboration & Teamwork

★Kids will learn to understand the importance of collaboration and teamwork in the classroom. They will work cooperatively with others for a common goal.

Activities included in the Relationship unit:

• Discussion Starters cards
• Lesson Challenge Task Cards
• Anchor chart pieces & examples
• Reflection Journal
• Bulletin board ideas & materials
• Literature connections & writing activities
• Tons of linked videos to support lessons
• Games - Bingo & Board
• Scenario task cards
• Posters
• Foldable craftivity
• Vocabulary lesson
• Friendship quote banner
• Ice Breaker activities
• Student survey & Questionnaire
• & more!

PLUS A BRAND NEW BONUS: Family Partnership Guide

Connect with and encourage families to take part in the social-emotional learning development of their child and the concepts you are teaching at school. Each unit includes a printable guide with a letter to families, strategies and activities they can try at home, and a book guide with video links.

WHY this is the ONE Social-Emotional Learning resource you need to teach kids about their emotions!

1. Each lesson and follow-up activities can extend to cover your SEL time for a month! This is a flexible SEL curriculum that can be taught when teachers have time, while the recommendation is to teach a lesson once a week and extend it throughout the week with the follow-up activities.
2. You will have what you need to facilitate meaningful discussions and impactful activities that build important social and emotional skills and grow your classroom community.
3. You will save time as the planning is done for you.
4. Since this is research-based and follows the CASEL framework for SEL, you know that you are covering the most important lessons kids need!
5. It provides a TON of variety and includes activities that will engage students and help them build important emotional awareness skills.
6. The lessons and activities work great for morning classroom meetings or end of the day lessons, for school counselors, classroom teachers, and in a homeschool setting.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amanda N. says, "This is an amazing resource for Friendship! The activities were so engaging. The children absolutely loved them. Thank you for sharing such an incredible resource!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lauren H says, "This was a great resource. I bought it when I was experiencing a great deal of conflict among the students in my class. I will be using this every year now!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katy S. says, "Students really enjoyed this resource and it was easy to implement!"

♥♥Teach the printable version of this unit with the digital version of the Relationships & Friendship unit. Buy them together in THIS $$ saving bundle! ♥♥

Check out the more SEL units for 3-5:

Self-Awareness

Self-Management & Mindfulness

Growth Mindset & SMART Goal Setting

Social Awareness: Empathy, Peer Pressure, Conflict Resolution, Bullying

Kindness, Gratitude, & Bucket Filling

Respect, Honesty & Integrity, & Stereotyping

Responsibility, Leadership, & Decision Making

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