Simple, ready-to-use social and leadership activities that support connection, confidence, and inclusion.
Pair students with peer buddies to play cooperative games like scavenger hunts or building challenges. This encourages turn-taking, communication, and teamwork, while giving students a safe space to practice social skills with support.
Create real-life social situations (asking for help, joining a game, resolving small conflicts) and have students act them out. This builds empathy, problem-solving, and confidence in what to say and do in everyday moments.
A social scavenger-style bingo where students find classmates who match simple prompts. Start with quick introductions (name, grade, favorite hobby), then let them move around the room in a safe, structured way that gently encourages interaction.
Students act out emotions using only facial expressions and body language while others guess what they are feeling. This strengthens emotional recognition, empathy, and nonverbal communication in a playful, low-pressure format.
Collaborative art projects like murals or shared posters that require students to plan, share ideas, and work together. This promotes cooperation, patience, and a strong sense of pride in a project they built as a team.
Host a discussion circle where students take turns leading a short activity or sharing something with the group—like telling a story, asking a question, or teaching a simple skill. This builds leadership, self-expression, and comfort speaking in front of others.
