Lesson Plan
Board Game Ice Breakers
Using classic board games to help students who don’t know each other build friendships, empathy, and kindness. Students will recognize and practice simple acts of kindness and friendship skills through board-games.
Building empathy and positive peer relationships at an early age fosters a supportive classroom community and strengthens social-emotional learning.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up Discussion
5 minutes
Step 2
Board Game Ice-Breaker
5 minutes
Step 3
Role-Play Kindness Scenarios
10 minutes
Step 4
Kindness Path Game
10 minutes
Activity
Game
Lesson Plan
Kindness Quest Session 2 Lesson Plan
Students will reflect on and share kindness experiences, then collaborate to create a visual kindness mural illustrating friendly actions and commitments.
This session reinforces empathy by having students co-construct a kindness display, promoting ownership of positive behaviors and sustaining a caring classroom culture.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Project Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up Review
5 minutes
Step 2
Collaborative Kindness Mural
20 minutes
Step 3
Reflection and Share
5 minutes
Project Guide
Slide Deck
Board Game Ice Breakers
Why Kindness & New Friendships?
Session 1 Snapshot
