Friend2Friend

Today we learned about how to be friends with everyone.  We had a group come in called "Friend2 Friend."  We watched a video that taught us some friendship tips.  There were 7 tips in all.  We were able to remember all seven tips!  Here they are:
1. Use friendly words - say hi to them
2.  Give your friends a choice about what you both could play together.  Don't forget to be clear about those choices
3.  Use wait time - let your friend have time to think and then speak
4.  Use short sentences so your friend won't get confused - you don't want your friend to hear " blah, blah blah."
5.  Use gestures and pictures to help your friend understand what you are saying
6.  Use the person's name to get their attention BEFORE you start to talk to them.
7.  Find out what your friend's affinity is- that means what do they like to do; what are they interested in.

We also talked about behaviours that help us calm down.  Some people twirl their hair, some people like to chew on their sleeves, some people like to play with a rubber band.  Most people don't even know that they are doing these things.  They just do them to help themselves calm down.  Do you have any self- regulating behaviours?

We learned what the word "affinity"  means.  Affinities are things we like to do.  We shared some of our affinities and we also shared some of things that we do well.

We then had time to practice our friendship tips with some puppets.

Mrs, Betts challenged us to use some of our new friendship tips during lunch time!  Beware! We might even try them on you!