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Friendship Web

Lesson Plan

Friendship Web Lesson Plan

Students will explore the meaning of trust by creating a classroom friendship web—each naming and passing yarn to a peer they trust—building community and social-emotional awareness.

Trust is foundational for a safe, supportive learning environment. This activity helps kindergarteners recognize supportive relationships and strengthens class bonds.

Audience

Kindergarten

Time

15 minutes

Approach

Interactive yarn web linking peers

Materials

Prep

Prepare Materials

5 minutes

  • Cut yarn into ~2-meter lengths so each student can hold and pass it safely
  • Affix large chart paper where all can see
  • Print enough copies of Friendship Web Reflection Sheet
  • Gather safety scissors and colored markers

Step 1

Warm-Up

3 minutes

  • Have students sit in a circle on the floor
  • Briefly discuss: “What does trust mean?” and invite 2–3 examples
  • Explain that today we’ll show how trust connects us by making a web

Step 2

Main Activity

8 minutes

  • Give one student the yarn end; they name a friend they trust, hold onto the yarn, and gently toss the ball to that friend
  • Each student repeats: naming someone they trust and tossing the yarn until everyone has had a turn
  • As they pass, a web forms—pause to notice how we’re all connected by trust

Step 3

Cool-Down

4 minutes

  • Hold up the completed web and ask: “What do you notice about our web?” and “How does this show trust?”
  • Invite 2–3 students to share why they trust the friend they named
  • (Optional if time) Distribute Friendship Web Reflection Sheet for students to draw/write one trusted friend and why
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Friendship Web

Exploring Trust Through Connections

Welcome students warmly. Explain that today we’re going to learn about trust and how we can show trust in our classroom.

Our Objective

• Learn what trust means
• Show how trust connects us
• Create a friendship web together

Read aloud each objective and point to pictures or icons if using visuals.

Materials

• Ball of yarn
• Safety scissors
• Large chart paper
• Colored markers
• Friendship Web Reflection Sheet

Show each material as you mention it, passing around a sample yarn piece.

Warm-Up: What Is Trust?

  1. Sit in a circle on the floor.
  2. Discuss: "What does trust mean?"
  3. Invite 2–3 students to share examples.

Guide students to sit in a circle. Use a calm, clear voice when asking for examples.

Main Activity: Making the Web

  1. One student holds the yarn end, names someone they trust, and passes the yarn.
  2. Each friend catches, names another trusted friend, and passes the yarn.
  3. Continue until every student has had a turn and a web forms.

Hand the yarn to the first student. Encourage gentle tossing and clear naming of a trusted friend.

Cool-Down: Reflect Together

• "What do you notice about our web?"
• "How does this web show trust?"
• Invite 2–3 students to share why they trust the friend they named.

Hold up the yarn web so all can see its pattern. Prompt reflection with guiding questions.

Optional: Reflection Sheet

On your sheet:

  1. Draw a friend you trust.
  2. Write or tell why you trust them.

Distribute the reflection sheet. Assist students in drawing or writing if needed.

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Worksheet

Friendship Web Reflection Sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: _______________

  1. Draw a friend you trust:










  2. Write a sentence: “I trust _______ because __________________________.”





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