Passing the Spotlight
TARGET:
6-8 years
INTENSITY:
20 min / 2x per week
LEARNING GOAL
Learning to Be Happy in a Group
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Developing Altruism
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
MATERIALS
Credit-giving script cards
Public recognition practice
DETAILED PROCEDURE
Gather the whole group together in a circle for this activity. Explain calmly to the children: "One of the most generous things you can do is give credit to someone else - especially when you could have taken it yourself."
Step 1
Discuss: what happens to a group when people hoard credit? When they give it generously?
Step 2
Practice: after a group success, each child finds someone else whose contribution made the difference and names it publicly.
Step 3
Say gently to the children: "When you shine a light on someone else's contribution, you don't get darker - you get bigger."
Step 4
Weekly ritual: one public credit-giving per child.
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child gives specific public credit to a classmate's contribution weekly.
The child does not redirect received credit back to themselves.
The child reports that their team feels more motivated when credit is shared.