THEME: Making Friends
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Interviews *
Pats on
the Back
*
Read/Discuss
Spiderwick
Bounce the
Ball *
Question
Jar *
Group
Game/Physical
activity
Compliment
Tag *
Draw and
Pass it On
*
Four Square
*
Color Bull
Dog *
Random
Game
Draw
STEM/Daily
activity
Name
Pantomime *
Chain
Game *
Magic Box *
Post Cards
*
Name
Poems *
EXTRA ER
ACTIVITY
N/A
N/A
N/A
Game
Lottery
N/A
Community
*Activity Directions*
Interviews- The group should be split into pairs, trying to mix up kids who
spend a lot of time together, then have time to introduce themselves and tell
each other three things about themselves. They can then introduce their
partner and share the facts with the group as a whole. To mix this game up,
make a rule that pairs have to be silent when sharing facts, making it more
like charades. Then when partners do share out at the end they share what
they think they heard and their partner can correct them.
Compliment Tag- Two students should be chosen to be ‘It’. Similar to
freeze tag, when a player is tagged they are frozen in place. To unfreeze a
player another player must come up and give them a compliment. Switch
taggers every 1-2 minutes.
Name Pantomime- Everyone stands in a circle about arms distance apart
and thinks of a verb/action that starts with the same letter as they’re first
name (‘Jumping James’). Going around the circle, a person says their name
and verb while doing the action, everyone repeats it back and does the
action too. Go around again at a faster pace to really memorize names!
Pats on the Back- Each participant should have a piece of paper (cardstock
is best!) with two holes punched and a ribbon or string tied in order to wear
it as a necklace, but it should be worn backwards so it is on their back. Music
is played while each person rights positive comments on each person’s back
that the students can read after the activity is over.
Draw and Pass it On- Everyone should have a piece of paper and sit in a
circle. Each player writes a short sentence on the top of their paper, then
passes it to the person on their right. Each person has one minute to draw
an interpretation of the sentence before passing it around for another turn.
The game is over when everyone receives their original paper and share with
the group. This game is fun to play with notebooks or small booklets so that
other players only see the cover and their own art until the end of the game.
Chain Game- Have a brief discussion about what students do well and some
of their talents. Ask students to think of 5 (this number can vary based on
group size) things they do well, and then write them on paper strips. Create
a chain by linking the pieces together to demonstrate how the talented each
student is and how their talents can work together.
Four Square- Determine before playing that everyone understands the
ranking of the squares, then each player begins in a square. The first player
begins by serving the ball (bouncing it in their square once then hitting it to
another square), then players return it after the ball bounces only once in
their square. A player is out if the ball bounces twice in the square or it
bounces outside of lines. Once a player is out, the squares rotate to leave
space for a new person as all other players move up a square.
Magic Box- Begin in a circle, and share with the group that you have a
magic box with you, motioning to set it down in front of you in the circle.
Explain that the box contains items that each person in the class enjoys
using and ask them to imagine something in the box that they use for that
activity (example: reading a book-motion opening it and flipping pages).
Pass the imaginary box around the circle and have each person silently pull
their object out and share it. Once everyone has had a chance to have the
box, they can share what their activity was, or other members can guess
them.
Bounce the BallColor Bull Dog- One-three students volunteer or are chosen to be
‘bulldogs’. The bulldogs stand in the center of the play area while all other
students try to run to the opposite end of the play area without being
tagged. If a player is tagged they become a bulldog too. For a shift, the
bulldogs can choose a color to call out, and only students wearing that color
try to run across.
Post Cards- Students can create their own post cards using paper and art
supplies, then writing a short message on the back to anyone they would
want to send it to.
Question Jar- Create a set of premade questions, or have each student
write their own question on a small strip of paper. Place all the questions in
a jar, then choose one question at a time to read aloud, allowing each
student time to answer.
Name Poems- Students build a poem using the initials of their name as the
first letter of each line.
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