Lesson plan · Friendship
Friends again
Young children use puppets to explore falling out and making up.
- 40 minutes
- Ages 5–7, Ages 7–9
- 2 activities
Big question: How do friends make up after a falling out?
The session
- 5 min
Warm up
Read the meaning: a quarrel between friends does not last. Ask if anyone has fallen out with a friend and then been friends again. Sharing is optional.
- 25 min
Puppet show
Make two puppets and put on a tiny show where they fall out and make up.
Activity: Sock puppet make-up show (planning sheet)
- 10 min
Talk
Collect the ways the puppets made up. Write them on the board as a class list of making-up ideas.
To take home
Another day bedtime chat: A short bedtime chat: one good thing from today, and one thing to try again tomorrow, because there will be another day.
The saying
Each saying page has its meaning, source and audio to play to the group.
By the end
- Say what the saying means
- Name one way to make up with a friend
- Notice how characters feel in a story
Before you start
- Old socks or paper bags, felt tips and glue for puppets
- Print: Sock puppet make-up show (planning sheet)
- Print: Another day bedtime chat (planning sheet)
Preview edition. Not yet tried with a class. Timings are estimates; adjust to your group.