1. 1 I Can Be a SUPER FRIEND! Created for Tab by Lisa Grant & Rochelle Lentini 2002

2. 2 I like talking and playing with my friends at school.

3. 3 My Friends get sad or mad when I hit, kick, use mean words, or take toys. Sometimes, I want to play with what my friends are playing with. When I play, I sometimes feel like taking toys, using mean words, or hitting and kicking.

4. 4 If I want to join in play, I need to join nicely or ask to play with my friends’ toys. I can say, “Can I play with that toy?” or “Can I play with you?”. Can I play with you?

5. 5 Super Friends use: Use nice talking, Listen with their ears, & Look with their eyes, Gentle hands and feet, Take turns with toys. First I stop, then I think about what a Super Friend would do.

6. 6 I can try to be a SUPER FRIEND.

7. 7 Taking turns can be fun! My friends and I get to play with toys we like. My friend can take a turn, then I can take a turn. If I want to play with my friend’s toy, I can say: “Can I please play with that toy?”. Can I please play with that toy?

8. 8 After I ask my friend for a turn, sometimes I might have to wait for my turn, but I will get a turn soon. Can I play with that Toy?

9. 9 My friends and I like playing together. Sometimes when my friends play, I get upset. I may want them to play with the toys my way. But my friends can play with toys their way and I can play my way, as long as we all play nicely together.

10. 10 My friends get sad when I use mean talking, hit, kick, or hurt toys. I can try to go with the flow instead.

11. 11 I can go with the flow. I can stop, take 2 deep breaths, and say To myself: “I can go with the flow.” I can go with the flow.

12. 12 I like going to school and playing with my friends and teachers. I also like playing with friends at home. But sometimes I have a hard time and feel frustrated or angry. If I feel this way, I need to STOP, THINK, and DO.

13. 13 I can also remember that a Super Friend can stop, take 2 deep breaths, and say: “I can go with the flow.” I can go with the flow. If I am still having a hard time, I can ask an adult for help. I can go to the adult and say: “Can you please help me?” Can you please help me?

14. 14 Super Friends use: Use nice talking, Listen with their ears, & Look with their eyes, Gentle hands and feet, Take turns with toys, & Go with the flow.

15. 15 Everyone is happy when I am a SUPER FRIEND!

16. I can join my friends and play nicely. I can take turns nicely. I can go with the flow. I can stop, think, and do. CUE CARDS “Stop” on one side. “Cue” on other side. (cut-out and placed on a ring)

17. I can join my friends and play nicely. ________ I can take turns nicely. ________ I can go with the flow. ________ I can stop, think, and do. ________ DATE: ___________

18. 18 Super Friend Story and activities that promote whole class “Super Friend” positive behaviors First read the Super Friend story and discuss/review the ideas presented in the story. Do a thinking map with your class to come up with your own “Super Friend” behaviors that everyone should be looking for and working on. Post these in the classroom and refer to them often. Writing center and journal writing activities that include drawing and writing about being a “Super Friend”, what a “Super Friend” looks like, etc. These could be bound and made into a book (or simply stapled together) and put in your reading center. Include social-emotional skill’s activities in your small group rotations that reflect these “Super Friend” behaviors. Do role playing activities that model the “Super Friend” behaviors. Make “Super Friend” puppets and have your class act out “Super Friend” actions. Catch your students being a “Super Friend”, and acknowledge this behavior. You could give out “Super Friend” tickets as you catch them being a “Super Friend”. Keep a math chart to track how many “Super Friend” behaviors you are catching, or the students are catching. Set a goal and then try to meet that goal! Weekly or daily (as often as you feel is manageable and/or needed) choose a student who has exemplified the “Super Friend” behaviors. They would wear a red “Super Friend” cape, have their picture taken, and maybe even walk the halls and visit the office as a “Super Friend”. Each classmate would draw a picture or write a card/story that tells why their classmate was chosen as a “Super Friend”. These could be bound as a book or simply put in a folder and sent home to the parents.