What Do I Bring to the Team?
TARGET:
6-8 years
INTENSITY:
20 min / 2x per week
LEARNING GOAL
Developing My Human-Human Co-Intelligence
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Choosing My Role in the Group
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
Metacognition
Agency and Autonomy
MATERIALS
Strengths inventory (12 illustrated strengths)
Group role cards
DETAILED PROCEDURE
Gather the whole group together in a circle for this activity. Explain calmly to the children: "Every person brings something different to a group. Knowing what you bring helps you contribute on purpose."
Step 1
Invite the children to complete a strengths inventory: which 3 strengths feel most like them? (ideas generator, careful planner, encourager, detail checker, etc.).
Step 2
Map: how might each strength be useful in a group project?
Step 3
Say gently to the children: "Your job in a group isn't to do everything. It's to bring your best thing and let others bring theirs."
Step 4
Class strengths map: post everyone's top strength and refer to it when forming groups.
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child identifies 3 personal strengths with real examples.
The child links their strengths to useful group roles.
The child volunteers for a role that matches their strengths in a group activity.