ACTIVITY 2 - SOCIAL LINKS
Social links
Aim: To increase awareness of social rules and to improve social skills
Materials needed: None
Instructions:
Explain to the group that in life we need to follow certain social rules.
examples of social rules, e.g., 'Don't interrupt someone who is talking.' 'Respect
another person' and 'Thank anyone who does something for you.'
Discuss these rules and explain why they are 'social rules'. To the facilitator:
Ask the group to name a few social rules, and help them if they get stuck.
Instruction to the group: 'Let's play a game in which we see how many social
rules we can describe. We'll go around to the left, and each time someone
describes something that all or most of us agree is a social rule, that person
will put his or her hand on the table to make a hand pile (demonstrate). We
are going to try to make a big hand pile. I'll start (give a social rule such as
'take turns').
Help as much as necessary to achieve the goal.
After completing the hand piling, ask the children:
"Why do you follow social rules?"
"Which rule do you follow the most?"
Then ask each child:
"Which rule don't you follow?"
"What social rules would you like to follow more in the future?"
Climbing up the Tree exercise
BACKGROUND FOR THE FACILITATOR
The facilitator should reflect on why personal relationships are so important, not only in children's' lives but in his or her own life too.
The facilitator should be able to convey the message, through the ice-breaker and storytelling, that friendships are not always easy
but need to be worked at by the people that make up that friendship. The facilitator should also encourage the children to generate
ideas around what does not constitute a "good friendship" and what is a good friendship.
ASSESSMENT
We learnt that establishing and maintaining friendships is important in our lives, but an element of trust is involved. We learnt, through
the ice-breaker, that developing trust is not always easy and may be broken, once developed. Therefore, we need to respect ourselves
and others. Do the children understand these concepts and how to make it practical in their own lives?
HOMEWORK
During the following week every group member must try to make a new friend, using the skills she or he has learnt in this session.
In the following session they have the opportunity to share their experience with the group.
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