Friendship Book Activities, Relationship Book Companion Lesson & SEL Worksheets

This Social Emotional Learning Friendship and Relationship Lessons & Book Companions Bundle includes 5 weeks of relationship activities and 5 read aloud lessons on popular picture books to teach kids all about relationships in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.

⭐Teach important lessons on friendship and relationships with engaging activities and book companion lessons that promote listening to others, teamwork, and being a good friend.

⭐No more wasting your precious teacher planning time looking for the RIGHT books to teach about relationships. This bundle has curated lists of mentor texts ready for you to grab and go! Kids will love the follow-up activities that are included in each book companion!

⭐Children will participate in classroom discussions and book chats, reflect on the importance of cooperation, and engage in fun, meaningful activities that build the knowledge of friendship and teamwork using both books and activities. Use them to build off one another for an in-depth exploration of friendships and relationships.

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1. Relationships SEL Curriculum
2. Friendship Book Companion Bundle

What does the Relationships SEL K-2 unit cover?

⭐️Communication - Listening & Speaking. Lesson 1 teaches children how to communicate and listen and speak effectively. Practice and build conversation skills.

⭐️Sharing & Taking Turns. Lesson 2 teaches children to understand what sharing and taking turns is and demonstrate the ability and willingness to do both effectively.

⭐️Being a Good Friend. Lesson 3 teaches children to describe what a friend is and demonstrate how to be a good friend through words and actions.

⭐️Making Friends & Including Others. Lesson 4 teaches children to understand how to make friends and demonstrate the willingness to try to make new friends and include others.

⭐️Cooperation & Teamwork. Lesson 5 teaches children to understand and show cooperation and teamwork in the classroom and school with peers.

Activities included in the Relationship unit:

• Discussion Starters cards
• Anchor Chart pieces
• Coloring pages
• Card game
• Characteristics of a Good Friend cards for wall display
• Literature connections & writing activities
• Mini-Book & Storybook
• Sorting activity
• 'I am a Friend' friendship craft crown
• Cooperative partner & group activities
• Student helper badges
• & more!

Included in the Friendship book companion pack:

• 5 Children’s books related to making friends and being a good friend
• Detailed lesson plans
• Book chat cards to guide discussion
• Anchor charts
• Book responses & writing prompts
• 4 follow-up activities for every book (2 in digital format)
• Book companion guide with safe links
• Google Slides ready for use in Google Classroom
• Images for use in Seesaw
• Interactive PowerPoint file

5 Friendship Book Companions Included:

❤️1. Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border

FOCUS: making friends

Children will learn different ways to make friends. They will understand that it may be easier to form friendships with others with things in common.

4 Activities in the Peanut Butter and Cupcake book companion:

1. Character puppet show & friendship scenarios role play activity
2. "Friends Are" friendship posters
3. "What Goes Together?" find a friend activity partner cards
4. "Ways to Make Friends" friendship social story

❤️2. Meesha Makes a Friend by Tom Percival

FOCUS: how to make friends when fitting in is a struggle

Children will understand that a great way to make friends is to find others who enjoy the same things and share them together. They will learn to recognize others who don’t have friends and find ways to include them.

4 Activities in the Meesha Makes a Friend book companion:

1. Dream Friend vision board activity
2. Find a Friend Who Activity scavenger hunt
3. "What Can You Do? friendship scenario role play cards
4. Friendship coloring pages and quote posters

❤️3. Stick and Stone by Ferry & Lichtenheld

FOCUS: how to be a good friend and how to stand up for others

Children will understand what makes a good friend and how to be a good friend to others.

4 Activities in the Stick and Stone book companion:

1. Good Friend friendship sort activity
2. Friendship craft crown activity
3. Friendship pledge & activity book
4. Friendship Rocks

❤️4. Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

FOCUS: getting to know someone before making judgments

They will learn to be open to making new friends with others.

4 Activities in the Enemy Pie book companion:

1. My Friendship Recipe friendship poem & craft activity
2. Getting to Know Others comic book
3. Don't Judge a Book by its Cover design a book cover activity
4. "Get to Know You" friendship game

❤️5. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

FOCUS: sharing

Children will understand the importance of sharing and giving to others to make and keep friends. They will also learn what friends are, what they do, and what they say.

4 Activities in The Rainbow Fish book companion:

1. "I Can Share" fish friendship craft activity
2. Share or Keep sort
3. Rainbow Fish directed drawing and writing prompts
4. "My Special Thing" scale craft activity

↑↑↑ Look at the PREVIEW for the mind+heart Friendship & Relationship SEL and Book Companion BUNDLE up close, the individual units, and the variety of lessons and activities included!↑↑↑

Don’t own a copy of a book? No problem! Safe links to video recordings of books being read aloud are included, as well as a book list of more books to use during your lessons.

DISCLAIMER: The video links to the read-alouds and supplemental lesson content are subject to change at any time. Proud to be Primary is not the creator of these videos, and therefore the links may be removed by the creators or authors of the content at any time at their discretion. If you find a broken link in the resource, please let us know by leaving a Q&A, and try searching YouTube for an alternate video to watch instead. Read alouds online are also available for teachers via the library website Hoopla.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily B. says, "This was such a great lesson to work on friendship skills!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kari A. says, “This is working wonders for a small group of kiddos who need some extra time learning how to make, keep, and support friendships. Thank you for putting all these resources into one!"

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This Social-Emotional Learning and Book Companion BUNDLE gives you an entire YEAR’S WORTH of SEL lessons (41) and HUNDREDS of activities along with 40 Book Companions covering many important social-emotional topics all young children need to learn and practice.

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