Friendship

Making Friends

100

T or F : Your Family members can be your Friends

TRUE

200

Making new friends can be really hard.  What is one thing you can do that feels BRAVE? 

Talk to them 

Ask for help

Say hello 

300

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.

400

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

500

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. 

Maintaining Friendships

100

T or F : A good friend will tell her friends what to do?

FALSE

200

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. 

300

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

400

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.

500

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