Find Things in Common

Pair students in groups of two. Ask them to find out three ways they are different and three ways they are alike.

Role Play Showing Care and Empathy

Ask students to find a partner. One partner will act out a feeling (mad, sad, lonely or happy). The other partner will share encouraging words to practice their empathy skills.

Looking Weak Vs. Looking Strong Collage

Stand up to Bullies. Bullies will sometimes leave you alone if you stand up for yourself and look and act strong. Look through magazines and cut out pictures of animals who look weak and animals who look strong. Practice standing strong

The Circle Store

At the end of each term at one Toronto school, the student-led eco club and teacher supporters collect all the unclaimed items in the lost and found and offer them up for free at The Circle Store. Their recommendations:  choose a day when there will be lots of people...

Human Knot Game

Use this game as a tangible way to explore how your class or community can work together to loosen sticky knots  and tricky tangles in the circular economy. Stand in a circle with your class. Have everyone walk toward the centre and grasp one hand of the person...