1st Edition
101 Activities to Help Children Get On Together Building Co-operation and Belonging
101 Activities to Help Children Get on Together is full of motivating and engaging activities that will teach children the essential skills of cooperation. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience, the activities are enjoyable, appealing and purposeful.
The book employs both physical and creative activities to encourage and develop teamwork. Each activity is just a starting point, inspiring readers to adapt it to their own classes and topics taught, with variations also suggested. The activities will enable you to assess a child’s ability to cooperate, target specific ways to develop their skills and promote positive experiences through working with others.
Designed for busy practitioners and educators, this revised edition with resources available to download, will help you to encourage stronger cooperation in your classes, contributing to better relationships and more effective learning.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1 Working in a Pair
Sort and share
Behind the door
Facing the facts
Where’s the bear?
What’s in the box?
Change your partner, please
Capturing counters
Cooperation under pressure
Bag the blocks
Measuring up
Further activities
2 Playing Detectives
Crimestoppers
Eagle eyes
Superspy
Who is the mystery person?
Secret signs
Pick up the pieces
Building up a picture
Bearnapped!
Finders keepers
Sneezy subjects
Further activities
3 Expending Energy Together
Treasure trove
Get weaving
Heads or tails?
Group tug of war
Steppingstones
Pass the ball, please
Catch a snake
Chariot racing
The hungry bear
Beanbags and blindfolds
Further activities
4 Investigations
Float or sink?
The balancing man
Balloon blowing
Taste trials
Strong strips
Metamorphosis
A warm bed
Working on eggshells
Telephone trials
Building bridges
Further activities
5 Letters and Words
Word race
Paper chains
Song sorting
Word circle
Initial success
Print sprint
Picture perfect
Question collection
What’s your favourite …?
Car capers
Further activities
6 Art Projects
Hands-on printing
Quick-sketch artist
Garden designs
Collective collage
Artistic recollections
Landscape gardening
The running man
Guess who?
Shaping up
Striking squares
Further activities
7 Drama Projects
Stop motion
Four characters
Rescue team
Masterful mimes
Around the campfire
Where did that come from?
Well-versed tableaux
Idiom antics
Perfectly formed
Elf wishes
Further activities
8 Activities for Outdoors
Box the balls
Add or subtract?
Armchair hockey
Colourful steps
Crossing countries
A spoonful of water
Passing palette
Cuckoo
Charitable actions
Animal magic
Playground projects
Further activities
9 Rhythm and Dance
Clap happy
Taking steps
Stepping out
We’re the best
Standing ovation
Symbolic sequences
Talking drums
Back and forth
It’s all in the name
Fruit juice
Further activities
10 Construction
Brilliant board games
Inspired instruments
Are you receiving me?
Architectural adventures
Stage setting
Spy wear
Create a castle
Sculpture gardens
Water works
Hideaway
Further activities
Printable Materials
Training and Resources
Biography
Jenny Mosley is founder of Jenny Mosley Training Consultancies and originator of the highly acclaimed ‘Quality Circle Time Model’ that is used in thousands of early years settings, primary and secondary schools, nationally and internationally. Her unique approach has featured on BBC Television’s Teaching Today, Channel 4 and Open University programmes, in addition to the national press and numerous education journals.
Helen Sonnet is a teacher and author with over 30 years of experience working with children with special needs.
'Jenny Mosley is quite simply a legend, whose work has inspired countless teachers and support staff to create the kinds of classrooms and playgrounds in which children can truly thrive. Her bestselling series of Games books, written with the equally brilliant Helen Sonnet, has only become more relevant in recent years, as schools across the UK grapple with the many challenges facing children today.'
Jean Gross CBE, Bestselling author and former government Communication Champion for children
'Just what we needed. We loved the other three but this one is very "hands on" and encourages teamwork and children to work with others they wouldn’t usually choose to – but because they love the activities they just get on!'
Emma Wayper, Deputy Head, Watercliffe Meadow Primary School, Sheffield
"An incredibly useful resource, especially at a time when more children than ever need emotional support. This book is easy to navigate, brilliantly introduced, and packed with practical, impactful activities. Jenny Mosley’s expertise shines through in this comprehensive collection. It's an invaluable tool for anyone working with children."
Sarah Watkins, lecturer, author and early years specialist
