Materials: gift bag, index cards, safety pins or tape
1st Have children brainstorm words that describe good friends. For example: wonderful, nice, helpful, responsible, kind, honest, etc.
2nd Suggest looking up additional words in the dictionary or a thesaurus.
3rd Write the adjectives on index cards and place the cards in a sack. You will need one for each child.
4th The next day let each child select a word from the sack at group time. Pin or tape the word on them as you sing this song to the tune of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
We like you because you’re word .
We like you because you’re word .
We like you because you’re word .
We really like you!
5th Call the child by their word all day long instead of their name. For example, "Polite, would you be line leader?" If a child isn't behaving appropriately all you have to say is, "Do I need to take your word away from you?" They don't want to lose their word and will quickly do the right thing.
As a follow up make a book called "HOW TO BE A GREAT STUDENT." Let each child take their word and illustrate it and write (or dictate) a sentence about it.
