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This is a simple celebrating friendship and creating a peaceful environment. It encourages positive teacher-child relationships, parent-child relationships, and peer relationships. This song promotes the important behaviors of attachment including: Lyrics Discussion Tips Dance and Movement Tips How and When To Use the Song Associated Activities Books to Read with Children This song is part of our Songs of Belonging series, which consists of the following twelve song titles: This song is available in the following formats:
- asking adults to play with or read to him/her
- seeking help from children/adults when necessary
- showing an interest in what children/adults are doing
Friends playing, friends sharing, friends helping, friends caring.
I like to do the things you do.
Friends learning, friends hugging, friends singing, friends loving.
I like to do the things you do.
Spending time together learning things in class.
With a friend like you I want that time to last.
Spending time together learning lots of stuff.
With a friend like you I can never get enough.
- "How can you be a good friend?"
- "How does it feel when someone is friendly to you?"
- "What are some fun things you can do with a friend?"
- This is another great buddy dance. Children can work in pairs to make up their own movements for the song to perform for the group.
- Children can play the "mirror game" during this song. With two children facing each other instruct one to be the person and one to be the mirror. The "person" makes movements and the "mirror" needs to copy. Play the song again and switch roles.
- Use as a welcoming activity for a new child.
- Use simple lyrical phrases from the song during the day when redirecting children away from negative interactions.
Pen Pal Friendships - Help children write pen pal letters to a friend. Ask children to brainstorm all the different things you would want to share in a letter with a friend.
Friendship Sticks - Talk to children about how friendship is about "sticking together." Friends can help each other learn and play. "Stick" two buddies together by gently tying one child's right hand to another child's left hand with a soft scarf. Give the stuck together buddies tasks like building a block tower together.
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A Cat and a Dog by Claire Masurel and Bob Kolar
Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
Friends
Hands
My Family
A Tree and Me
I Can Count On You
I Look Up to You
Me and You
One World
Somebody Loves Me
Someone to Talk To
The Sharing Song
Together Time
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