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The Connection Magician
TARGET:
3-5 years
INTENSITY:
10–15 min / Incident ritual
LEARNING GOAL
Learning to Be Happy in a Group
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Developing Altruism
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
Agency and Autonomy
MATERIALS
Social-emotional skills toolkit
DETAILED PROCEDURE
This activity works best one-on-one, or with one child at a time within a small group. Encourage child's autonomy when a peer is struggling: Explain calmly to the child: "What do you think the best idea would be to help them right now?"
Step 1
Invite the child to formulate their own script: "I'll help them rebuild their tower that fell."
Step 2
Invite the child to initiate and carries out the prosocial gesture fully independently.
Step 3
After the action, adult leads a short reflection: "What do you feel inside after doing that?"
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child spontaneously initiates a gesture and explains their choice.
Research Foundations
Eisenberg (2000)
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