Friendship Flower
Friendship Flower
🌸 Quick Answer:
The Friendship Flower is an engaging, hands-on activity that helps preschoolers learn the traits of a good friend by building a vibrant, interactive flower display together. Perfect for teaching kindness, cooperation, and community in your classroom.
🌼 What's Inside:
✅ Printable Flower Petals:
25 petals, each labeled with a positive friendship trait (e.g., kind, helpful, sharing).
✅ Friendship Clouds & Title:
Clearly illustrates the concept of friendship and highlights core traits.
✅ Easy-to-Follow Instructions:
Step-by-step directions for creating your Friendship Flower display using a poster board, Velcro dots, and laminating for durability.
🌻 How to Create Your Friendship Flower:
Prepare Poster Board: Attach the title "Friendship Flower" at the top, adding descriptive friendship clouds nearby.
Assemble the Flower:
Draw a stem and circle center.
Laminate flower petals for repeated use.
Attach petals around the center using Velcro dots for easy application and removal.
Interactive Lesson: Distribute petals to students. Have each child attach their petal while sharing an example or meaning of their friendship trait.
💡 Teaching Tips:
Encourage students to regularly revisit and discuss friendship traits throughout the year.
Highlight and praise moments when students demonstrate these positive behaviors.
Reinforce the flower metaphor: “Friendship needs care and kindness to thrive—just like a flower!”
✨ Why You’ll Love It:
Interactive Learning: Hands-on participation makes abstract concepts concrete.
Promotes Social-Emotional Skills: Teaches kindness, empathy, and cooperative behavior.
Builds Classroom Community: Fosters a sense of belonging and encourages positive peer interactions.
Help friendship bloom in your classroom with the interactive, engaging Friendship Flower! 🌺✨