What is friendship?

From Smile and Learn

What is friendship?
3 min1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
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Summary

Explores what makes a good friend — sharing, listening, and being kind — and how friendships grow.

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Discussion questions

Talk about it

Friends care about each other. Good friends share, listen, take turns, and are kind even when they disagree.

  1. What makes someone a good friend?
  2. How can you be a good friend to someone new?
  3. What should you do if you and a friend disagree?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: friend, share, listen, kind.

Try it: Write down two things a good friend does. Do one of them for someone today.