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Friendship Theme
CRAFTS
Crafts
Tips to Make:
1.
Make a friendship poster by using your name and your friends' names and
decorating it.
2.
Draw a picture of your best friend.
3.
Make friendship bracelets.
4.
Make some cards for your friends.
Friendship
Art:
Have
two children work on an art project together.
Friendship
Art 2
Have
each child draw a picture of their friend. Label the picture as such.
Friendship
Art 3
Have
each child draw a picture for another child.
Friendship
Art 4
Have
one child trace another child's hand, color it and cut it out.
Friendship
Art 5
On
a very big piece of paper, have one child lay down, and the other child
trace the first child. The children may color in their bodies and cut them
out to hang around the class.
Friends
Holding Hands
Have
the children use non-toxic paints to paint their hands. Then have one child
place their left hand on a piece of paper and another child places their
right hand on the same paper. Label with the children's names.
Friendly
Rainbow
Make
a rainbow of our hand prints when studying friends. Just lightly draw on
the arches of the rainbow on a large piece of butcher paper. Use different
colors of paint to paint the children's hand prints and make a beautiful
rainbow.
Friends
Holding Hands Group
Have
each child place their hands along the outside of a large piece of paper.
On the center of the paper write "Pre-school Friends Holding Hands" Change
Pre-school to be more appropriate to your program. Say your class is the
bluebird class... "Bluebird Friends Holding Hands"
Ask
the parent to bring in pictures of the children with a friend to post in
the classroom. Place a piece of contact paper over the picture to attach
it to the wall at eye level. Talk to the children about their friends in
the picture. If possible, take pictures throughout the week to post as
well, of the children with their new friends
Friendship
Mobiles
In
this activity, children will discuss how the different elements of nature
(the sun, wind, clouds, rain, etc.) can be their "friends." Then they will
make a mobile showing their different "friends."
Material:
Colored construction paper , Coat hangers, Yarn or string
Directions:
Ask children to think about and name different elements of nature, such
as sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, snow, fog, rainbows, water (including
oceans, lakes, and rivers). List their answers on the board. Then ask them
to talk about how these different elements can be considered friends. You
might volunteer a suggestion, such as, the rain is my friend because it
helps me sleep at night. Have children model their responses on your example
and record them on chart paper.
Then
have children draw and cut out shapes representing their friends in nature.
(You may want to create templates or stencils for the children to trace.)
When children have cut out three or four shapes, they can punch a hole
near the top of each one and attach them to a hanger, using different lengths
of yarn.
Next,
have children copy sentences from the chart that describe the friends on
their mobile. They can mount this page on a piece of construction paper
and draw a picture of themselves on the back. Then they can attach it to
the mobile as well.
Hang
the mobiles from the ceiling in your classroom or in a nearby hallway.
OTHER
OPTIONS
You
may want to assemble children's cutouts into three or four class mobiles
and display them over the chart paper.
Have
children cut out pictures from magazines, mount them on construction paper
and use them make a nature friends mobile.
Children
could make mobiles with a single focus. One child may choose to show pictures
of water (rain, river, ocean) on his mobile while another may display only
pictures of snow on hers.
Friendship
Gallery
What
do friends like to do? Children will share with their classmates activities
they enjoy doing with friends by creating a friendship portrait.
Materials:
Roll paper, butcher paper, or wallpaper , Small pieces of drawing
paper, Crayons, colored markers, and pencils , Scissors
Tape,
paste, or glue , Photographs (optional)
Directions:
Brainstorm with children the kinds of activities that friends do together.
Here are a few to get children started: a team sport, eating lunch together,
playing a board game, sharing a secret.
Have
children work in pairs to create friendship portraits. One child in each
pair lies on a panel of paper, and the other traces his or her outline.
Then partners switch positions and repeat the process so that each child
has an outline.
Children
begin by labeling their portraits with their names. Then they fill the
outlines with scenes of activities they especially enjoy doing with friends.
Children can draw right on the paper or make small drawings and attach
them to the outline. Some children may wish to bring in photographs from
home of themselves and friends and add them too.
Post
the portraits around the room. Encourage children to move from portrait
to portrait (as they might in a museum), studying each picture and looking
for things they themselves enjoy. Then bring them together to discuss similarities
and differences they noticed among their classmates interests.
Hand
Mural
You
can also make a mural with their hand prints becoming flowers. Paint on
stems and some grass with their hand prints for the flowers. Title it "Friendships
bloom in our classroom."
ACTIVITIES
& GAMES
Friend Memory
Ask the parents to supply
you with a picture of each child in the class. Make 2 black and white photo
copies of each photo and glue the copies to the back of a blank index card.
Now you have the cards to play memory.
Friendship tables
Set up a table for two children
to play together, legos, blocks, crayons whatever. In order for the children
to sit there they must cooperate in their activity and one must ask to
other to join him/her in the activity before they go to the table.
Follow my Friend
Play follow my friend just
like follow the leader.
Get It Together!
People have countless reasons
for why they sort and group themselves as they do. In this game, players
race to group themselves and co-operate and learn more about each other
in the process.
Have everyone gather into
groups that share certain characteristics. Here are some examples of characteristics
you might name:
*Gather into groups of according
to the colour of your socks.
*Gather into groups according
to the number of brothers and sisters you have.
*Gather into groups according
to your favourite ice cream flavour.
*Gather into groups according
to your favourite T.V. show
*Be creative and cater questions
to your group!
Hug Tag
This friendly form of tag
is a good way to promote peace. The only way a player can be safe from
the tagger is to hug someone. Dont be surprised to see a few giant hugs
as the game proceeds.
Hello My Friend!
Have one child sit in the
middle of a circle on a chair. This child should cover his/her eyes. Then
pick one child to go up to the child in the middle and say "Hello my friend,
can you guess who I am?" The child in the middle gets three guesses. Then
the child who spoke sits in the middle and the child that was in the middle
chooses another speaker. The children can use their normal voices, but
if they are familiar with the person in the chair, silly voices can be
more difficult and amusing.
My Friend May I?
Played just like Mother
May I? The child and parent stand at opposite sides of a room. The child
asks if he/she may: take so may step forward. i.e. "Mother may I Please
take 3 baby steps forward?" the answer would be either, "Yes you may",
or "No you may not." The child wins when they reach you. Encourage the
use of descriptive words, such as little, big, huge, tiny, and giant. You
can also play this with a group of children. The winner would be the one
who reaches you first.
My Friends and Me Jump
Take pictures of the children
and laminate them. Have the children hop from one picture to another.
My Friends and Me Musical
Chairs
Set out the pictures on
the floor in a circle. Have the children walk around the circle of pictures.
When the music stops have the children race to their picture. Every child
should have an picture to stand on.
Name Ball Game
Have the children sit in
a circle and supply the children with a ball or bean bag. The child must
say the child's name that they are going to pas the beanbag to or roll
the ball to.
Red Rover
Line the children up against
one side of the room. Have one teacher on one side and one on the other.
The teacher on the opposite side of the children calls out "Red Rover,
Red Rover, let (child's name) come over." The child goes to the other side
of the room. This continues until all the children have gone to the other
side of the room, then the other teacher calls out the names. Variation...
call out "Red Rover, Red Rover, let children wearing red come over" and
other colors, this allows more children to be active at one time.
SONGS
1, 2, 3 Good Friends
Sung to "10 little Indians"
1, 2, 3 good friends,
4, 5, 6 good friends,
7, 8, 9 good friends,
10 good friends are we!
Special Song
(Sung to "Where is Thumbkin?")
(Child's Name) is Special,
(Child's Name) is Special,
Yes (he/she) is,
Yes (he/she) is,
(Child's Name) is Special,
(Child's Name) is Special,
Yes (he/she) is,
Yes (he/she) is,
This song works really well
when you
have the children sit in
a circle,
and allow the named child
to stand/dance in the
middle while the other children
sing,
and/or clap along. They
really like it.
The More We Get Together
The more we get together,
together, together
The more we get together
the happier we'll be.
'Cuz your friends are my
friends and my friends are your friends
The more we get together
the happier we'll be.
With child's name, and child's
name, and child's name, and child's name
The more we get together
the happier we'll be.
With child's name, and child's
name, and child's name, and child's name
The more we get together
the happier we'll be.
FOOD
IDEAS
Have
the children make snacks together in pairs or small groups. Emphasize the
importance of working together to make sure they both have a good snack.
TIP
& IDEAS
Other
Things to do:
Discuss
what makes a good friend.
Discuss
good ways to make friends.
What
should you do to be a good friend?
Name
all your friends.
Have
a picnic with other kids and make new friends.
Find
a pen-pal to be friends with.
Write
some Friendly Poetry. |
