Learning from Friends

The New Year is a time for reflecting on the previous year in order to make resolutions and set goals for self improvement. With multiple suggestions towards becoming a better classmate, student, friend, and healthy person, the resource...

First graders identify and discuss the characteristics of a good friend. They read the book "Just My Friend" by Mercer Mayer, and watch the videos "My Wet Pet" and "The Berenstein Bears: Road Race." Students identify the friend...

Learners participate in a variety of emergent and early-literacy activities based on a "friendship" theme. Learners listen to the book Do You Want to Be My Friend by Eric Carle, then echo read, choral read, and independently read...

Students explore what makes a good friend. They listen to songs, list qualities of a good friend, draw a picture of their friends on a paper link, and create a class paper chain.

Help students learn about friendship with this video from our Sesame Street pals.

Learn about making new friends in this song that is in both Spanish and English. [2:21]

Students analyze visual arts by creating drawings in their classroom. In this art analysis instructional activity, students identify the paintings of Keith Haring by researching the web. Students utilize paper and oil pastels to create...

Students discover core democratic values. In this service learning instructional activity, students create posters in order to promote core democratic values.

Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads learners through a series of activities on...

Young learners are treated to a presentation on frienship; how to be a good friend, what friends do together, and some things that friends should not do to each other. This PowerPoint would be useful to kick off a unit on friendship, and...