Making Friends
T or F : Your Family members can be your Friends
TRUE
T or F : A good friend will tell her friends what to do?
FALSE
Ask for help
Say hello
A friend wants to play a specific game and you don't want to. What can you do?
Compromise!
A compromise is when you come together and form a plan where both friends are happy.
For example:
You can play their game for a while and then yours.
You talk about what you want to play and come up with a new game that has parts of each game.
What are the first 3 things that you do when making a new friend?
Introduce yourself with a greeting
Ask them a question
Ask them if they want to play with you.
Share 3 things you can do to maintain a friendship.
Accept your friends for who they are
Respect your friends feelings
Spend time with your friend
Be honest
Listen
Admit when you are wrong and apologize
There's a new member who is your age at the Boys and Girls Club. What can you do?
Introduce yourself
Help show them the around the Club
Ask them to play
Discover common interests
What should you do?
You want to have some time alone, but your friend is asking you to play. What should you do?
Listen to your friend and respect their feelings- tell them NICELY that you want time alone.
Ask if they would like to play later.
Tell them Thank You for asking to play.
There's a new member at the Club. What would you NOT do?
Ignore them
Tell them they can't play with you
Say you already have enough friends.
What should you NOT do?
You ask a friend to play and they say they want time alone. It feels disappointing and you're sad. What should you not do?
Yell at them for saying no
Tell them that you're not friends
Say you never want to talk to them again