This interactive educational game allows children to prepare a delicious recipe based on a simple mathematical operation of numerical equivalences. Once the recipe is ready, they can feed the diners by sharing the portion.
Sharing Lesson
Resources for Teachers: Addressing Sharing in class
Cultivating the soft skill of sharing in preschoolers is essential for their overall development and social interaction.
The practice of sharing not only contributes to a positive classroom environment but also establishes the foundation for fundamental social and emotional skills. By fostering the act of sharing from an early age, children experience significant benefits that impact their personal and social growth.
Here are five key reasons to focus on developing sharing in class:
- Fosters Positive Relationships: The act of sharing creates emotional connections among children, promoting friendly and supportive relationships.
- Develops Empathy: Sharing teaches children to empathize with others, fostering essential empathetic skills.
- Strengthens Collaboration Skills: The practice of sharing encourages a collaborative environment, where children work together to achieve common goals.
- Establishes Foundations for Conflict Resolution: Learning to share also involves learning to resolve conflicts peacefully, fostering essential problem-solving skills.
- Promotes a Sense of Community: By sharing resources and experiences, children develop a sense of belonging and community in the classroom, creating an enriching environment for learning and socialization.
Below, you'll find educational resources available in our educational app that will help you create an enriching and enjoyable classroom experience for your students.
What you’ll get from this lesson
Educational material designed to address the act of sharing in a playful manner.
Interactive activities for use in class that promote acts of sharing among students.
Free downloadable class guide with thematic axes and exercises.
Digital Book: The One About Sharing
In this book, Emma, Lio, and David explore the need for sharing, especially when David faces resistance to sharing his things. Guided by Emma's understanding, the children learn that sharing not only creates fun moments but also strengthens friendship and team fun. Read our digital book to your students in the classroom and then download the free class guide below to do related activities.
Reading Guide: The One About Sharing (free)
Download the free reading guide for our book "The One About Sharing". It includes activities and ideas to discuss the importance of sharing with your students.
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The Ant and the Cicada
In "The Ant and the Cicada," a cautious ant and a carefree cicada discover the importance of sharing and working together when the grasshopper faces food shortages in winter.
Listen to the story with your students and then use it to have a conversation in class using the following conversation topics regarding the act of sharing:
- Importance of Forethought: Learning about the importance of planning and forethought, as the ant did by storing food for the winter.
- Generosity and Sharing: Understanding generosity and the act of sharing, as demonstrated by the ant offering food to the cicada.
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Exploring how working together can overcome challenges, such as the collaboration between the ant and the cicadato build the cooking school.
- Recognition of Talents: Identifying and valuing individual talents, such as the cicada culinary talent, and how they can contribute to the common good.
- Celebration of Achievements: Understanding the importance of celebrating collective achievements and efforts, highlighted by the successful opening of the cooking school in the forest.
These conversation points can help students reflect on themes such as friendship, acceptance, and the importance of being authentic.
Activities to do in class:
1) Creating a Mini Cooking School:
- Objective: Foster collaboration and creativity.
- Activity: Divide the children into small groups and provide them with materials to create their own mini cooking school for insects. They can use cardboard, leaves, and other recycled materials. Then, the groups can share their creations and explain how their imaginary cooking school would work.
2) Food Treasure Hunt:
- Objective: Reinforce the idea of foresight and planning.
- Activity: Organize a treasure hunt in the classroom or in a designated area of the playground. Hide small images of food (leaves, seeds, fruits) in different places beforehand. The children, acting as "ants," must work in teams to find and collect the food. Then, discuss how planning and food search can help prepare for the future.
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