Friendship
Kids will learn about being cooperative, kind, fair, and inclusive, which can help them make lasting friendships!
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Kids learn these
important skills
- Establish and sustain meaningful relationships that are a source of support, comfort, and joy.
- Feel liked, appreciated, and included, and help others feel that way too.
- Build self-esteem.
- Develop an interest in learning about and being friends with others who are different from them.
- Recognize that it is amazing and fun to be friends with people who are different from them.
- Play well together with those who may have different thoughts, feelings, and abilities.
- Expand their social world.
Kids learn these
important skills
- Establish and sustain meaningful relationships that are a source of support, comfort, and joy.
- Feel liked, appreciated, and included, and help others feel that way too.
- Build self-esteem.
- Develop an interest in learning about and being friends with others who are different from them.
- Recognize that it is amazing and fun to be friends with people who are different from them.
- Expand their social world.
Making friends can be tough—especially if it's a new skill, or a skill that got rusty this past year. The good news is, Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith shares lots of ways to support our kids in this process.
Find it in Noggin
A Friend Like You
Watch as the Big Heart Kids, Marquis, Kale and Marisol, meet and make friends over a shared love of pirates in this music video from the Big Heart Beats Album!
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Building relationships
- Developing positive interactions with others
Print this color-in storybook. While reading the lyrics and coloring in the pictures, ask kids if they have ever felt any of these feelings before. When? How did their body feel when they had that feeling? If it was a difficult feeling, what made them feel better?
The Big Heart Awesome Show: Friendship
In this episode of the Big Heart Awesome Show, Butterbean from Butterbean’s Café talks to real kids about their awesome friends!
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Demonstrates awareness of self
- Building relationships
- Developing positive interactions with others
Watch the Big Heart Awesome Show and talk with your child about some things they can do or say to make a new friend. Kids love hearing stories about when you were younger! How did you meet your first friend? What were your favorite things about your friend?
Blue's Clues & You: "Card Maker: A Friendship Card!"
Watch this Play-Along video on Noggin where Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper invite YOU to make a special friendship card! Color and customize a card for Blue, Magenta, Shovel and Pail, or Josh!
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Empathy
- Visual Arts
Coming Soon
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Building relationships
- Developing positive interactions with others
Print this color-in storybook. While reading the lyrics and coloring in the pictures, ask kids to tell you about their friends! You might ask how they met their friends, why they love their friends, and their favorite things to do with their friends.
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Demonstrates awareness of self
- Building relationships
- Developing positive interactions with others
Watch the Big Heart Awesome Show and talk with your child about some things they can do or say to make a new friend. Kids love hearing stories about when you were younger! How did you meet your first friend? What were your favorite things about your friend?
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Empathy
- Visual Arts
Coming soon
Family Activities and Parent Resources
We’ve collaborated with our friends at Sparkler Learning to build family activities and other parent and educator resources.
Little Kids, Big Hearts Podcast
Listen to the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast with your child (Episode 3: “What Can You Do With Big Feelings?”) to explore emotions of all kinds with your big-hearted kid!
Big Heart Book Lists
Picture books can teach lifelong lessons about friendship! Big Heart World partnered with First Book and School Library Journal for book recommendations to help parents, caregivers, and educators introduce children to books that help them grow big hearts.
More Big Heart in Noggin
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Kid-safe
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- Accessible on multiple devices
- New content added weekly
- Downloadable books & games for offline play
- Kid-safe & ad-free
- Accessible on multiple devices
- New content added weekly
- Downloadable books & games for offline play
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- Kid-safe & ad-free
- Accessible on multiple devices
- New content added weekly
- Downloadable books & games for offline play