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    101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 6-12)
    101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 6-12)
    101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 6-12)
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    101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 6-12)

    By Bernie Badegruber and Alois Jesner

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    How do you teach tolerance, self-awareness, and responsibility? How can you help children deal with fear, mistrust, or aggression?

    Play a game with them! Games are an ideal way to help children develop social and emotional skills; they are exciting, relaxing, and fun.

    101 LIFE SKILLS GAMES FOR CHILDREN: LEARNING, GROWING, GETTING ALONG (Ages 6-12) is a resource that can help children understand and deal with problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults. These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance self-awareness.

    The games address the following issues: dependence, aggression, fear, resentment, disability, accusations, boasting, honesty, flexibility, patience, secrets, conscience, inhibitions, stereotypes, noise, lying, performance, closeness, weaknesses, self confidence, fun, reassurance, love, respect, integrating a new classmate, group conflict.

    Organized in three main chapters: (I-Games, You-Games and We-Games), the book is well structured and easily accessible. It specifies an objective for every game, gives step-by-step instructions, and offers questions for reflection. It provides possible variations for each game, examples, tips, and ideas for role plays. Each game contains references to appropriate follow-up games and is illustrated with charming drawings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9780897935906
    101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 6-12)

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      101 Life Skills Games for Children - Bernie Badegruber

      001001

      Table of Contents

      Other Smart Fun Books

      Title Page

      Index of Games

      Preface

      Introduction

      I Games

      Chapter 1 - I Like This Picture

      Chapter 2 - The Run-to Game

      Chapter 3 - Wishing Cards

      Chapter 4 - Evil Fairy’s Hat

      Chapter 5 - Good Fairy

      Chapter 6 - I Can, I Can’t

      Chapter 7 - Guess What I Can Do

      Chapter 8 - Observing the Room

      Chapter 9 - The Room’s ABCs

      Chapter 10 - Changing the Room

      Chapter 11 - What’s Made of This?

      Chapter 12 - The Traveling Mystery

      Chapter 13 - A Piece at a Time

      Chapter 14 - Seeing with Your Ears

      Chapter 15 - Telling Noises Apart

      Chapter 16 - Stand Up for Your Instrument

      Chapter 17 - Telling Sounds Apart

      Chapter 18 - Collecting Sound Qualities

      Chapter 19 - Song Memory

      You Games

      Chapter 20 - Traveling Names

      Chapter 21 - Crossword Puzzle Names

      Chapter 22 - Gathering Names

      Chapter 23 - Autograph Book

      Chapter 24 - Building Names

      Chapter 25 - Mirror Names

      Chapter 26 - The Seat on My Right Is Empty (with a Twist)

      Chapter 27 - I Met My Match

      Chapter 28 - You Sculpt Me

      Chapter 29 - You Ref lect Me

      Chapter 30 - You Draw Me

      Chapter 31 - You MoveMe

      Chapter 32 - When It Rains, It Pours

      Chapter 33 - Holding Me with Your Eyes

      Chapter 34 - Helping Hands

      Chapter 35 - Picking Up Sticks Together

      Chapter 36 - New World Record

      Chapter 37 - Dance Partners

      Chapter 38 - Patty-Cake

      Chapter 39 - Twins

      Chapter 40 - Fair Ball

      We Games

      Chapter 41 - Balloon Dance

      Chapter 42 - That Seat’s Taken

      Chapter 43 - Greeting Game

      Chapter 44 - Good Morning!

      Chapter 45 - Together on One Chair

      Chapter 46 - Take a Bow

      Chapter 47 - Boom Box

      Chapter 48 - Beat the Clock

      Chapter 49 - Building Skyscrapers

      Chapter 50 - Tug of War

      Chapter 51 - Paper Streamer

      Chapter 52 - Wake Up!

      Chapter 53 - The Grouping Game

      Chapter 54 - Hot Seat

      Chapter 55 - I’m Here!

      Chapter 56 - Information Please

      Chapter 57 - Solution Memory

      Chapter 58 - The Comforter Game

      Chapter 59 - The Helper Game

      Chapter 60 - Friendly Exam

      Chapter 61 - Cry for Help

      Chapter 62 - Emergency Kit

      Chapter 63 - I Fell in the Well

      Chapter 64 - Bodyguards

      Chapter 65 - Brother, Help! Sister, Help!

      Chapter 66 - Freeze Tag

      Chapter 67 - Crocodile Tears

      Chapter 68 - Moving Help

      Chapter 69 - Carrying Contest

      Chapter 70 - First Day of School

      Chapter 71 - Animals in the Jungle

      Chapter 72 - Tug of War II

      Chapter 73 - I-You-We Dice

      Chapter 74 - Slo-Mo Tennis

      Chapter 75 - Polite Wild Animals

      Chapter 76 - Detective

      Chapter 77 - Frontline

      Chapter 78 - Peace Language

      Chapter 79 - Rumors

      Chapter 80 - Praise

      Chapter 81 - Ghosts and Travelers

      Chapter 82 - Vampire

      Chapter 83 - Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

      Adding More Imagination

      Chapter 84 - Frozen Elves

      Chapter 85 - Spin and Freeze

      Chapter 86 - Frozen Music

      Chapter 87 - Statue Pairs

      Chapter 88 - Mannequins

      Chapter 89 - Wax Museum

      Chapter 90 - Class Picture

      Chapter 91 - Acting Out Pictures

      Chapter 92 - Human Slide Show

      Chapter 93 - Bad News and Good News Pairs

      Chapter 94 - Fairytale Personalities

      Chapter 95 - Fairytale Surprises

      Chapter 96 - Living in a Fairytale

      Chapter 97 - Getting Stronger

      Chapter 98 - Unpacking a Gift

      Chapter 99 - Waiter

      Chapter 100 - Flying Masks

      Chapter 101 - Mime Chain

      The Games Arranged by Specific Categories

      Copyright Page

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      101 More Drama Games for Children by Paul Rooyackers

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      101 Language Games for Children by Paul Rooyackers

      101 Improv Games for Children by Bob Bedore

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      101 More Life Skills Games for Children by Bernie Badegruber

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      Index of Games

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      Preface

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      What are life skills? Aside from the practical skills required for getting on in life, children need to develop social and emotional skills in order to become well-adjusted adults. These skills are the focus of this book.

      In particular, the games in this book and in 101 More Life Skills Games for Children (for children and teens aged 9–15) are designed to foster competence and awareness in the following areas: self-awareness, self-regulation of emotions, active listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, collaboration with others in pairs and larger groups, and observing and understanding other people’s feelings. These are essential skills, the building blocks of a successful life. Participating in the games in this book in class or at a camp will help a child to develop in a safe and supportive environment.

      We considered calling these areas of social and emotional development life values rather than life skills but didn’t want to mislead readers into assuming that we are recommending moral principles or prescribing what is right and wrong. Rather, the focus is on developing the foundation skills of self-awareness and getting along with others. Once these foundations are in place, children are equipped to learn the skills required to become independent. These are addressed in other books and are likely to be of more value when your children are a little older.

      School counselors and teachers have noted an increase in the number of children who have difficulties assimilating into the classroom environment. To help these children, counselors have to rely on strong participation from parents, teachers, educators, and other adults. This book has been created to help them.

      Children who have problems in the classroom have a tendency to cause problems for others, too. These children need models for developing social and problem-solving skills. In a structured group they can experience and try out social behavior. They can learn through daily practice and contact with other children. Make-believe situations can help—in make-believe children can find security. With the games in this book, while having fun, children can deal with a current conflict in the classroom or with a make-believe problem that will help prepare them for real-life situations in the future.

      Life skills games can also work at the group level, so that group members can face future problems with confidence and develop problem-solving competence as a group. A child who feels safe in a strong group will also be better at facing problems outside the group.

      The games in this book are arranged in four sections, according to the ways in which they achieve their goals.

      In I Games, the communication is mostly one-way. The main skill targeted here is for children to explore themselves and express what they observe. Of course, the children listen to what others have to say, but there is no group reflection about what has been said: no questions asked, no comments made.

      You Games focus on how children perceive a partner. They try to learn more about the

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