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FRIENDSHIP CHAINS
Materials
Construction paper
Scissors
Tape
Stapler
Markers
Posterboard
Activity
Cut 1-inch strips and heart shapes out of construction paper. Let the children tape the paper strips
together to make chains. Staple the hearts (with the children’s names written on them) to the ends of their
chains. Have the children count the loops on their chains. Ask them to name a friend for each loop on
their chain. Encourage them to think about friends and what being a friend means. Write their ideas on a
piece of posterboard. Count the ways they can think of to be a friend.
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FEELINGS BOARD
Materials
Wooden board
Markers
Cup hooks
Index cards
Scissors
Hole punch
Activity
Draw simple feelings faces down the left-hand side of a wooden board and insert cup hooks in a row
beside each face. Cut index cards in half. Write a child’s name and punch a hole in the top of each half
card. As the children arrive, have them hang their names beside the face that best describes how they are
feeling. Let the children move their names throughout the day as their feelings change. At circle time,
count the number of children beside each feelings face. Are there more children feeling happy or sad?
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ALL-ABOUT-ME GAME
Social and Emotional Development
Materials
Posterboard
Markers
Index cards
Small game markers
Die
Activity
Mark out a 20-square game board pattern on a sheet 
of posterboard (see illustration). Number five of the
squares with 1 dot, five squares with 2 dots, five with 
3 dots, and five with 4 dots. Write the number 1 on the
backs of five index cards. Write the number 2 on the
backs of five more index cards. Write the number 3 on
five more cards and the number 4 on five more. On the front of each card, write a different question such
as, “What is your favorite color? What do you like to do at home? What is your favorite kind 
of cookie? Where do you like to ride your bike?” Place the game board on a table. Separate the cards by
numbers and arrange them in separate piles around the game board. Set out several small game markers
and one die.
Have two or three children join you at the table. Have one child start by rolling the die, moving his or her
marker that many spaces, and counting the dots on the square he or she landed on. Then have the child
select one of the cards with that number on it. Read the question to the child and have him or her answer
it. Let the other children take their turns. Continue until each child reaches the end of the game.
Variation: Number the squares on the game board randomly with 1 to 20 dots. Number the index
cards from 1 to 20. When a child lands on a square, have him or her find the one card that matches
his or her square.
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