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1.) Positive Message Game
This is a great game to play with a group of kids. This game makes children smile because at the end of they game they get to read all the positive things their peers thinks about them. It’s easy to play and is a great game for children 2nd grade and up.Materials: index card, pens/pencils, box/bowl
2.) Me Tree Craft
In this activity students will create a tree that represents positive things about themselves. After the students have finished their trees they are given the option if they would like to have their tree displayed in a classroom or they can take it home and display it. This craft helps to remind them about how special they are.
Materials: 11×14 white paper, construction paper, crayons, markers, glue
3.) Dance Teacher
This game will help students learn to work together. Working together helps students develop and improve important skills such as communication, cooperation and teamwork.
Materials: Music
Put the players into groups of 2-3 depending on amount of kids.
Explain to the group that they are going to work together to create a new dance step. Give them a time period in which they must complete this task.
Once time is up have the kids teach their dance step to the kids in the other groups.
Optional: Take it up a notch
Once all the groups had a chance to teach their dance step put all the steps together to create one dance. Put some music on and have a dance party!
Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/
This is a great game to play with a group of kids. This game makes children smile because at the end of they game they get to read all the positive things their peers thinks about them. It’s easy to play and is a great game for children 2nd grade and up.Materials: index card, pens/pencils, box/bowl
- Have all the children sit in a circle.
- Have all the children write their name at the top of the index card, fold and put into the box/bowl.
- When all the cards have been put in the box/bowl shake them up to mix them around.
- Have each child pick out a card. After picking a card write 1 positive quality about the person’s name they picked on the card. Don’t write your name on the card. Then fold the paper back up.
- Pass the papers around the circle until everyone have written on all the cards.
- Collect the cards and return to the child who’s name is on top.
- Let the child read all the positive messages other children has written about them.
2.) Me Tree Craft
In this activity students will create a tree that represents positive things about themselves. After the students have finished their trees they are given the option if they would like to have their tree displayed in a classroom or they can take it home and display it. This craft helps to remind them about how special they are.
Materials: 11×14 white paper, construction paper, crayons, markers, glue
- Have each child draw a tree trunk with branches on the white paper.
- Have each child cut out leaves from the construction paper.
- On the leaves have each child write something they like about themselves.
- Glue the leaves to the tree.
- Have the children color the paper
3.) Dance Teacher
This game will help students learn to work together. Working together helps students develop and improve important skills such as communication, cooperation and teamwork.
Materials: Music
Put the players into groups of 2-3 depending on amount of kids.
Explain to the group that they are going to work together to create a new dance step. Give them a time period in which they must complete this task.
Once time is up have the kids teach their dance step to the kids in the other groups.
Optional: Take it up a notch
Once all the groups had a chance to teach their dance step put all the steps together to create one dance. Put some music on and have a dance party!
Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/