Explore the topic of forgiveness in this interactive comic, Buster's Growing Grudge, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.
Use role-play to set up and resolve conflicts, in this activity from Arthur.
Teach your children some cooperative games to play with friends, in this activity from Arthur.
Providing daily exposure to various cultures will enrich children's experiences. Enable them to appreciate and share their own heritage.
Help your children understand what a hero is, and let them create awards for the heroes in their lives.
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Celebrate differences with students.
For young children, being excluded by their peers is a common, painful experience. Role-play with a puppet or stuffed animal to explore the issue.
Young children experience a wide range of emotions that they might not be able to name yet. Help students explore emotions.
Arthur finds out sharing things (including time) isn't always easy to do. Help Arthur make some difficult decisions about sharing his chocolates, money, and time with friends.
Explore ways to resolve conflicts between friends. Use role-play and discussion to help children develop conflict resolution skills.
Learn how students can work together, talk through problems, and effect positive change. [11:26]
Use the following activities to help students develop the ability and willingness to share.
Find out what happens when Arthur's friendly teasing goes too far. [13:07]
Help students celebrate their talents by creating their own television special.
Explore the problems and tensions created by misunderstandings and the inability to listen to diverse points of view. [11:25]
Try these cooperative games to explore the benefits of teamwork with students.
Learn how the five AIM topics- empathy, forgiveness, generosity, honesty, and learning from others- are important to a child's social, emotional, and character development. [9:05]
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
Proprioception is a sense of the body of its place and position in space - sometimes thought of as a sixth sense. In this activity, try some experiments that explore the unique functions of the body and brain.