Leader Guide
Optional Opening Game
- 20 building blocks, dominos, or coins per team of two children (A mix of the items can be used as long as there are sets of 10–20 of the same item.)
- Tables
Make sets of twenty blocks, dominos, or coins. Do not mix different types of items in one set.
Make a pile of each set of items on the floor about 10–12 feet from the tables.
Create teams of two. When possible, form teams with children who don't know each other.
Friendships are made up of two or more people. You are going to work together as friends to build a tower together.
For each team, one player will sit on the floor next to a pile of items. The other player will sit at a table.
Each team player plays a different role. One player will walk back and forth, bringing one item at a time to the player at the table. They must use the same type of item to build their tower (all dominoes or all blocks, etc.)
The player at the table will stack each item to build a tower.
Begin the game and have all teams build a tower. Once the tower is built, clap and celebrate each team’s success. Return the items to a pile on the floor and have the players switch roles to build a second tower.
When the towers are completed, discuss how both players needed to work together and help each other to complete the task.
Each builder trusted his/her partner to bring the items to complete the tower. The other player trusted the builder to do his/her part to build the tower.
Friends trust and help each other to do all kinds of things in good and bad times.