Friendship Notes

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

friendship notes 2 STICKER I’m a firm believer in teaching kids to thank others and give compliments. This printable is intended to give kids a space to write a short friendship note to 3 classmates. You can do this activity for Valentine’s Day, the end of the year, or whenever your class needs some bonding. I recommend printing one page for each kid so they can write 3. You may even consider assigning one or all of the recipients to ensure everyone gets one. In addition, It may be a good idea to read them before they’re distributed just in case…

Click here for the free printable: Friend notes printable

Printable Kids Valentines

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

Valentines STICKER I know it’s not even close to Valentine’s Day, but I just found this and I’m excited about it! Here’s another gem I found in the new Microsoft Word 2013: printable Valentines for kids!

Click here to download: Valentines for Kids

Rainbow Fish – Friendship Activity

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

Rainbow Fish- Friendship STICKER The children’s book, Rainbow Fish, has been the subject of a few posts recently (click here and here for the previous posts). Rainbow Fish has so many good applications to character development. In the book, Rainbow Fish learns that he has more friends when he shares. Here’s one more activity you can use to develop this theme of what real friendship looks like. To complete the activity, students are directed to only color in the fish that have characteristics of real friendship.

Click here for the free printable PDF: Rainbow Fish Learns Friendship

Lovely Friends Classroom Note Exchange

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

I take every opportunity I can to promote friendship among my students. I encourage lots of compliments and positive thoughts. So when Valentine’s Day comes around, I really push the friendship idea! When I saw this idea, I thought it was fabulous! Run off a bunch of copies of this page and let your students give compliments to each other!

Click here for the free printable Valentine notes PDF: Lovely Friend Hearts