A Practical Resource for Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships

This is a practical resource for use by teachers, support staff and therapists that contains session ideas for use with children to promote kindness, friendship and self-compassion. It includes detailed lesson plans with extensive guidance and photocopiable activity sheets to support individuals, groups or classes of children aged 7 and upwards.

This guidebook can be used to:

• Help children understand the value of kindness, both to themselves and to others
• Nurture the moral development of children
• Support children who may be struggling with self-worth and self-kindness

This guidebook is available to purchase as part of a two-component set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A ‘Cool to be Kind’ Storybook and Practical Resource. It can be used by teachers, support staff and therapists to teach and promote kindness.

Note. For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the storybook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A ‘Cool to be Kind’ Storybook and Practical Resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Session 1 Cool

Session 2 Coco and Kez

Session 3 Otto and Indra

Session 4 Ollie and Nina

Session 5 Ling and Danny

Session 6 Cool to be Kind Self Kindness

Appendices:

1. Super-powers
2. Feelings
3. How might it feel?
4. Calm
5. My Map of Me
6. Thoughts
7. Send a Cool to be Kind Message
8. Like / Not Like Continuum Cards
9. Cool to be Kind Cards
10. Kind to Me Cards