Put Yourself In Another One's Shoes
What does it mean to put yourself in someone else's shoes?
What it means is trying to think about what someone else is feeling and/or thinking.
What does it mean to compromise with somebody?
Ex. Let's say Tommy wanted to play hide and seek but Merissa wanted to play tag what they could do is play hide and seek tag or they could play one round of hide and seek and one round of tag.
Percy and Lindsey are playing a Cat game, Camron wants to play too, but they say "NO"
How can Percy and Lindsey be kind and invite Camron into the game?
Percy and Lindsey could first apologize for saying "NO" to Camron originally. They can then ask if she would like to play the Cat game with them.
What are some traits of heathy friendships?
Kindness and respect, compromising and being FAIR being truthful and honest.
What is an example of body language?
One example of body language is someone shrugging their shoulders to communicate they "don't know". Another example of body language is if someone shakes their head "no" that probably means "no".
Oliver is arguing with his sister, about his stuffed elephant.
How do you think Oliver is feeling?
Oliver is feeling upset and annoyed at his sister
Lani and Lexi are at the park and Lani wants to go on the swings, but Lexi wants to go on the jungle gym.
What could do they do?
How could they compromise?
They could take turns. They could play on the swings for 10 minutes and then they could play on the jungle gym for 10 minutes, or they could play on something they both enjoy.
What does it mean to be inclusive?
What are some traits of an unhealthy friendship?
Fighting a lot, talking behind their back, gossiping, lying, saying mean words and calling names, putting hands on aggressively, and not including.
Patrick is coming to Lola's house for a play date, and when he gets there she is sitting on the front steps and waving with a smile on her face.
What is her body language trying to tell Patrick?
Lola's body language is communicating that she is happy for Patrick to come over and play.
Emma and Alice are playing hopscotch, they forgot who's turn it is. "Its my turn!" hollered Emma "NO mine!!" screamed Alice.
What do you think Alice and Emma are thinking?
They are thinking "I don't wanna play anymore"
How would YOU feel in this situation?
Kim and Lucy are arguing over pillow cases. They both like unicorns and both have unicorn pillow cases. But they can't figure out who's is who's.
What is a possible way to solve this problem?
They could worry about the pillow cases later, and take a break.
They could ask a parent for help with figuring out who's pillow case is who's.
How could you be inclusive to somebody at lunch?
What you could do is, If someone is sitting by themselves you could invite them to sit with you. Maybe you have stuff in common?
Brianna and Jess had a test in math class and Jess was disappointed with her grade, however Brianna got an A+.
How could Brianna be a good friend to Jess in this situation?
One way that Brianna could be a good friend is to say encouraging words to Jess and offer to help her if she has any questions in math.
Jordan is talking to Bella about what she did over the weekend and Bella's arms are dangling by her side and she is looking up with her whole body dangling.
Bella feels like she is not getting an opportunity to talk in the conversation.
What do you think Bella is trying to tell Jordan?
Bella could be trying to tell Jordan that she is annoyed and bored. She is feeling this way since Jordan is only talking about her weekend.
Jamie is having a play date at Maya's house and he started feeling sick. Jamie is scared to tell Maya's parents since he doesn't know them very well.
What is Jamie thinking and feeling in this situation?
Jamie might be feeling nervous or afraid. Jamie might be thinking "I want to go home".
How would YOU solve this problem?
McKenzie and Haley are working on a project about Planet Earth together at school. Haley feels like she is doing most of the work on the project and is feeling frustrated with McKenzie.
Why is Haley frustrated with McKenzie?
What is one way to help solve this problem?
Haley is frustrated with McKenzie because she feels like McKenzie is not putting equal effort into the project.
One way to solve this problem could be for Haley to kindly ask McKenzie to help with more of the project.
Henree, Tonya, and Catarina all tried out for the school basketball team, however only Henree and Tonya made the team. Catarina feels left out since her two best friends made the team and she didn't.
What is one way that Henree and Tonya can help Catarina feel more included?
One way that Henree and Tonya can help Catarina feel more included is by playing basketball together outside of school on the playground or at home.
Randi, Parker and Cam are all friends and typically have sleepovers together on the weekends. This weekend, Randi said to Parker that she doesn't want Cam to join their sleepover and wants to keep it a secret.
Do you think this is healthy or unhealthy? Why?
That is probably not healthy or very kind. Friends should be kind to each other.
This is unhealthy because friends are inclusive and they do not ask each other to keep secrets from another friend.
Isla, Evie and Reagan are in science class. Everyone's experiments are going fine, then, Reagan's experiment EXPLODES all in her face. :(
Reagan has some tears forming in her eyes, she is sniffling and she is squeezing her hands.
Evie is laughing, snickering and giggling.
Isla went over to Reagan and hugged her. She offered to take Reagan to the counselor.
How are each of the girls feeling based on their body language?
Reagan might be feeling embarrassed and might not be feeling her best self, maybe sad.
Evie might be feeling amused, laughing her face off with her teeth showing.
Isla might be feeling empathetic towards Reagan.
Kaylee is nervous about "First Day" of school. Her older brother teases her and called her a "Scaredy Cat" Which makes Kaylee sad.
How would Kaylee's brother feel if he were in her shoes?
Kaylee's brother might feel nervous too if it were his "First Day" of school. He might also feel sad that he was called a name.
Some children are playing GaGa ball, Catarina wants to join but the kids won't let her. :(
How could she solve this problem?
Catarina could ask some other kids if she can join their game or play a game by herself.
Oli, Octavia and Darius are working on a project about Taylor Swift, however Oli doesn't feel included because Octavia and Darius are both Swifties but Oli isn't. Oli doesn't know who Taylor Swift is.
How could Octavia and Darius make Oli feel more included?
Octavia and Darius could leave some space to talk about other topics as well when Oli is meeting with them.
Roger, Wally, Tonya and Khloe are best friends and always love to play games together. But then Wally and Roger want to play a different game without Tonya and Khloe, and they feel excluded since they usually all play together.
How could they fix this problem in a healthy way?
One healthy way to fix the problem could be that Roger and Wally could share that they want to take a break and try a new game just the two of them. They could also tell Tonya and Khloe that they can all play together the next day.
Brainstorm ideas of other healthy ways to solve this problem.
Kenzie, Blaise, and Charlene are all playing Roblox at Brookhaven together online at Kenzie's house. Blaise is not feeling included in the game of family that they are playing on Roblox.
Blaise's arms are crossed, she is looking down, and she is frowning.
What does Kenzie's body language look like?
What does Charlene's body language look like?
Kenzie's body language might be tapping Charlene's shoulder and tells her that Blaise looks left out.
Charlene body language might be giving Blaise a hug and inviting her join back into the game so they all feel included.