Oral Sharing Circle

Ask students to respond to the prompt: “Have you ever moved or said goodbye to someone or something?” Students can share briefly in pairs or groups.

Big Changes!

Ask students to raise their hand if they have ever had to change schools or move to a different neighborhood or city. Ask them to explain how they felt about the big change when they heard they were moving. Did their feelings change after they moved? Why or why...

Celebrate Differences

Looking through a collection of picture books, ask students to find things that are alike and things that are different about the people depicted. Discuss with them how our differences make us stronger as a community.  Encourage students to talk about all the ways...

Every Belly is Different!

Ask students to think about one thing that makes them unique. Ask students to think about their family. How is their body and their features like those of their family, and how are they different? Then ask students to share what they like best about themselves.

This is Not A Spoon Game

Gather some everyday objects (spoon, hat, pencil, book, etc.). Have the students form a circle to play “This is not a spoon”. Take an everyday object (spoon, pencil, hat) and pass it around the circle. When the student gets the object they  say, “This is not a ______...