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The Care & Keeping of Friends

Completed by 3 learners
Ages 8-12
Live Group Class
Over the course of 4 sessions, we will learn how to find, build, and keep healthy and safe friendships!
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(45 reviews)

Live video meetings
4x per week, 1 week
6-8 learners per class
55 min

What's included

4 live meetings
3 hrs 40 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 6
This girls group is focused on how to find, build, and maintain friendships in middle school and beyond. We will base much of our work on the book "Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them" by Patti Kelley Criswell. 

Session 1: Friend finders, conversation starts, and when you feel shy. This class will go over the basics of how to find friends and break the ice with new people. 

Session 2: Trying too hard, all kinds of friends, circle of friends, and getting to know them. This class will focus on the beginning of friendships and how to build all kinds of friendships. 

Session 3: Top ten trouble starters, talking it out, and making things right. This class will focus on how to manage friendships when conflict arises. 

Session 4: Listening, building trust, and being there. This class will focus on how to listen to your friends and show up for them as a good friend consistently.

Learning Goals

Students will understand how to find, build, and keep friendships with others in their life. They will learn how to be a good friend, a careful listener, and a mindful companion.

Syllabus

4 Lessons
over 1 Week
Lesson 1:
Making New Friends
 Friend finders, conversation starts, and when you feel shy. This class will go over the basics of how to find friends and break the ice with new people. 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
The First Part of Friendship
 Trying too hard, all kinds of friends, circle of friends, and getting to know them. This class will focus on the beginning of friendships and how to build all kinds of friendships. 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Managing Conflict
 Top ten trouble starters, talking it out, and making things right. This class will focus on how to manage friendships when conflict arises. 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Being a Good Friend
 Listening, building trust, and being there. This class will focus on how to listen to your friends and show up for them as a good friend consistently. 
55 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Parental Guidance
This class will focus on hypothetical friendships - the teacher will actively limit the amount of personal information shared by each student, and will ensure that students are only exposed to friendship stories that are hypothetical, platonic, and otherwise age-appropriate.
Supply List
Students may, but do not need, get their own copy of "Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them" by Patti Kelley Criswell. They do not need the book to participate in the course.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
This course is based on the book "Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them" by Patti Kelley Criswell.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2023
4.9
45reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Colorado Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Master's Degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University
8 years of teaching art
MS in Teaching & Learning
MA in International Education
Certified in Elementary Education and 7-12 Social Studies

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