Lesson 1: Giving Game—Let the Games Begin!
Handout 1
How to Play the Giving Game
Teacher Note: Be sure to remind the learners that once they give their Giving
Game Card away they may request additional cards and repeat the process
as many times as they choose to do so.
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Lesson 1: Giving Game—Let the Games Begin!
Handout 2
List of Ideas of Kind Acts
1. Help a friend who is feeling sad
2. Make my bed without being told
3. Set the table for dinner
4. Share my things with my brothers/sister
5. Say something nice to someone
6. Make a card for someone who is sick
7. Help rake the leaves
8. Clean my room
9. Do my brother’s/sister’s chores
10. Be friendly to a lonely person
11. Wash the dishes
12. Draw a picture to give to someone
13. Allow my brother/sister to choose the TV program we watch
14. Share my crayons/pencils with a classmate
15. Say, "I’m sorry" after I did something that hurt someone
16. Introduce yourself to a new student
17. Open and hold the door for someone
18. Pick up a piece of trash left behind by someone else
19. Smile
20. Invite someone to join in a playground game
21. Say "Thanks" when someone helps me
22. Be polite
23. Pick up something that someone dropped and give it back to them
24. Return a lost item to the "Lost and Found"
(Teacher Note: For additional "kind act’" ideas, log on to
www.learningtogive.org, click on the Youth Workers tab, then on "Youth
Activity Index." Under ages 7-11, locate the lesson entitled
ABCs of Philanthropy, select it and scroll down to Attachment One.)
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Lesson 1: Giving Game—Let the Games Begin!
Handout 3
Parent/Guardian Letter
Dear Family,
Today, we talked about "winning" and "losing" in our classroom and we
decided that no one really feels good about losing (unless, of course, they are
on a diet). We all decided that winning is more fun. We also talked about how
there typically are winners and losers in the games that we play, but today we
discovered a new game. One in which everyone is a winner!!! The name of
this game is the Giving Game and this is how it is played (see
www.givinggame.org).
First—Perform a kind act for someone else, such as paying for a cup of
coffee or soda for the person behind you in line. The act of kindness can be
done secretly or be known to the person.
Second—Leave a Game Card with your kind act. Each Game Card has a
unique ID number. Cards have instructions on the back so the person
receiving the kind act knows how to play the Giving Game.
Third—The Web site can track the Card(s). Since each Game Card has a
unique ID number, you can register your Card(s) at the site, allowing you to
record your kind act
stories and read the stories of others. As your Card travels from one kind
person to
another, you can see what's happening, who's involved and which cities and
countries
it reaches!
Our hope is that everyone in our class will be able to play in this game, at
least once.
As a family member, your role will be to:
1) encourage your child to participate.
2) record the GGID # on the back of the Giving Game Card for later "tracking."
3) help your child decide on a kind act that s/he can do .
4) help your child understand and give the Giving Game Card away to the
person who receives their kind act.
5) if you have access to a computer and Internet, help you child log onto the
www.givinggame.org Web site and record his/her kind act, OR,
6) help your child write about or illustrate their kind act and send this to his/her
teacher for recording on the Web site.
7) decide if you or your child would like to continue to play the game by
obtaining additional vinyl or printed Giving Game Cards from
www.givinggame.org.
8) continue to support/encourage your child in doing kind acts.
We hope that you will enjoy helping your child play this Game in which
everyone is a winner!
Respectfully,
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