Respectful Friendships Pack for Kids

Empower children to build healthy, positive relationships with the Respectful Friendships Pack! This engaging resource is designed to help kids understand the importance of kindness, empathy, and respect in their friendships. Through fun activities, interactive discussions, and practical tips, children will learn how to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts peacefully, and support their peers. Perfect for educators, parents, and counselors, this pack fosters social and emotional skills that will last a lifetime, helping kids grow into compassionate and respectful individuals.

The Respectful Friendships Pack includes:

The Human Rights Game – help minimize school-based bullying. One of the key learnings associated with participation in gameplay is learning how to be respectful. If students are being respectful, it is virtually impossible to bully.

Journey to Friendsville – is a fun and inventive board game to help children improve their social skills – especially when time is limited.

Blob Relationships – Use Blobs as an innovative way to discuss relationships. The Blobs here depict feelings and behaviours that are recognised by all and provide an opportunity for open discussion about them. Based upon the relationships strand of the RSE programme of study, each Blob page links to one or more of the learning objectives. Areas covered include:

• Sharing feelings
• How behaviour affects others
• Secrets/surprises
• Fair or unfair?
• Differences and similarities
• Types of physical contact
• Feelings and bodies can be hurt
• How to manage unkindness
• Teasing/bullying
• Challenging stereotypes
• Sex, gender identity, orientation
• Abuse
• Right to privacy

The Survival Guide for Making and Being Friends – Whether kids find socializing as natural as smiling or as hard as learning a new language, this book can help them improve their social skills so they can better enjoy the benefits of friendship. Practical advice covers everything from breaking the ice to developing friendships to overcoming problems and being a good friend.