Manners
Emotions
Conversation Skills
How do people feel?
Problem Solving
100
You are eating a holiday dinner with your family and you finish way before everyone else. What do you do?
Wait patiently and/or talk with others at the table.
100
How does she feel?
Calm, relaxed
100
Your friend is talking about going shopping. How can you keep this conversation going?
Where did you go shopping?
What were you looking for?
100
Your grandpa forgot to take the food out of the oven and it burned. How does grandpa feel? How do his guests feel?
Bad and embarrassed while his guests are likely disappointed about dinner.
100
Your mom asks you to heat up the mashed potatoes, but you're not sure for how long and you don't want to ask her in front of everybody. What do you do?
Call her into the kitchen and ask her privately.
200
Your aunt made brownies for everyone, but she adds walnuts (which you HATE!). What do you say to her?
You thank her for the kind gesture and don't bring up the walnuts.
200
How does she feel?
Surprised, excited
200
Your friend tells you that they went to New York for winter break. What can you say?
Awesome!
What did you do in New York?
200
Your brother gives your mom a present and she hates it. Tell me how each of them feels.
Mom likely feels somewhat disappointed, but thankful for the gift anyways. Your brother feels sad and disappointed that she didn't like his gift.
200
You go to a friend's house and they serve fruitcake for dessert. You don't like fruit cake, what do you say?
No, thank you.
300
Your family is sitting in traffic and your little sister will NOT stop talking. What do you do?
Put in your headphones in to try and block her out OR ask her politely if she can be silent for a little bit.
300
How does he feel?
Frustrated, annoyed, awkward
300
Name 2 different ways you can tell by someone's body language that they have lost interest in a conversation.
Arms crossed
Little or no eye contact, looking around
Short or no responses
Slowly moving away from you
Keep changing the subject, etc.
300
You made your friend a present and they say, "I love it!"
You feel proud and happy. Your friend feels thankful and happy.
300
You are saving up $50 to buy your mom a present, but you are short by $5 dollars. What do you do?
Ask a family member if you can borrow the money and/or buy your mom a less expensive gift.
400
You are tired of watching football on the television, but your family seems to be enjoying it. What now?
Find another activity to do or ask if you can go into another room to watch TV.
400
How do they feel?
Bored, tired
400
You're talking with your aunt, but she seems to be looking elsewhere and not really paying attention to you. What now?
What is end the conversation with her because she seems uninterested in what you're talking about.
400
Your little brother peeks and opens up his gifts a day before Christmas. How do you feel?
What is upset/annoyed that he cheated and opened them early OR maybe you don't care at all.
400
You and your friends are biking and one of your friends falls and hurts his arm. He is crying and says it hurts really bad.
Find a trusted adult. Get help.
500
Your grandma arrives and you notice she has a different, but weird haircut. What do you say to her?
"Hi Grandma, how are you?"
500
How does he feel?
Tired, stressed, annoyed
500
You really want to talk about video games at the dinner table, but your mom says no. What can you talk about instead?
Something everyone might be interested in, like maybe a new movie, shopping, or sports.
500
You borrow your friend's cell phone to take a picture, but someone bumps into you and it falls to the ground and cracks. Yikes! How does everyone in the situation feel?
Upset, mad, angry, disappointed, apologetic, etc.
500
You're at the mall and you reach for the last item on a shelf at the same time as another customer. What do you do?
Politely give it to the other person OR offer a solution (rock, paper, scissors), etc.