Friends and Neighbors: The Helping Game - A Social-Emotional Game that Develops Empathy and Compassion! Can players help a little girl who's sad because she's standing out in the rain or a boy who's afraid of the dark? With Friends and Neighbors, winner of multiple awards including Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal, children will learn how! In this matching game that focuses on emotions, children encounter persons with a problem and reach into the Helping Bag to pull out a token - can the token help someone on the game board? If so, it's a match!By playing the game with their children, parents can help kids recognize feelings in others - the first step to building empathy. Game includes 4 game boards, 14 tokens, 1 Helping Bag, 1 Stop Sign board, parent guide and Friends and Neighbors book. Children will learn: - How to recognize and name emotions - What it feels like to be a helper - Cooperation What's a cooperative game? It's a game where everyone plays together, no one is left out, and everybody has fun! Cooperative games emphasize play, not competition. Kids work together, help each other and, most importantly, they play for FUN! Cooperative Games foster: - Non-stressful play situations - Emotional development - Shared decision making - Creative problem solving - A sense of community - Positive self esteemSince 1983 play has been the heart and soul of Peaceable Kingdom . Silly play, special play, wholehearted play! We create experiences to help kids play well together , so they can play well in the world. Our games and gifts connect kids and families, encourage learning and self-expression and let imaginations soar. And if a piece of your Peaceable Kingdom game or gift gets lost in all that fun, we will gladly send you a replacement piece - just contact us directly with your need! When play comes from the heart and feeds the soul, that's Peaceable Kingdom !
WHO TO USE:
1. Choose 1-4 players age 3 and up. 2. Each player takes a game board. 3. One player is chosen to be the 'helper' and takes the helping bag. 4. The helper draws a token from the helping bag and places it on their game board. 5. Other players look at their game boards to see if they have a character with the same emotion as the token. 6. If they do, they take the token and place it on their board. 7. The first player to fill their board wins. 8. The game can be made more challenging by using all 4 game boards at once.
Included Components :
4 game boards, 14 tokens, 1 helping bag, 1 stop sign board, social and emotional intelligence parent guide and friends and neighbors story book
