Class Meeting: Empathy Helps Stop Bullying—Activity Teacher Prompts to Help Students Discuss How Empathy Can Help Stop Bullying Grades 3-5—Bullying affects more people than many realize. This activity prompts early elementary students to discuss how empathy can help them to stop bullying.… Read More
Help Stop Bullying with Kindness and Respect—Activity Create a Positive Classroom Climate and Help Stop Bullying Grades 3-5—Help students create a positive classroom climate! In this activity, upper elementary students will create posters showing ways they can be kind.… Read More
Bystander Skills to Prevent Bullying—Activity Five Activities to Help Bystanders to Bullying Know What to Do Grades 3–8—Bystanders to bullying are adversely affected. These five activities for upper elementary and middle school students help develop Bystander Skills.… Read More
Friendship-Making—Activity Learn What to Say and How to Break the Ice When Meeting New People Grades 3–8—In this activity meant for kids from elementary through middle school, students practice what to say and how to break the ice as a way of getting to know others when beginning a new friend.… Read More
Where the Wild Things Are Reading Guide—Activity A Reading Guide for Parents and Teachers of Kids Ages 3–6 Ages 3–6—This reading guide, which aligns with the Second Step curriculum, can help young children recognize and understand their own difficult feelings and how they can feel better.… Read More
Cross the Room—Activity A Fun and Simple Way for Students to Learn What They Have in Common With Classmates Grades K-5—This early elementary activity is from our Second Step Program and is a fun and easy way to help students get to know each other better and find out what they have in common.… Read More
Class Coat of Arms—Activity Students Working Together to Create a Class Symbol that Represents the Whole Grades K-8—This activity from the Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit is a great way to strengthen that supportive class climate, not to mention an opportunity for a history lesson in coats of arms and their meanings.… Read More
Inclusive Communities—Activity Communities come in all shapes and sizes. This activity teaches students how to share with and be respectful of others. Grades K-5—This activity helps students learn to be inclusive during group play, what it feels like to be left out, and how to invite others to join in. … Read More
Teaching Touching Safety Rules: Safe and Unsafe Touching—Activity Three steps to help parents teach kids about their bodies, personal space, and safe and unsafe touches Grades K–5—Knowing what to say can be hard when teaching your kids about their personal space and how to protect themselves. This quick-guide is here to help.… Read More
Making a Difference—Activity Positive reinforcement of good deeds is a simple but effective way to support and encourage treating others with kindness and respect Grades K-5—Positive reinforcement of good deeds is a simple but effective way to support and encourage treating others with kindness and respect.… Read More