Friendship salad kindergarten

As a former Kindergarten teacher I have always enjoyed doing the Friendship Fruit Salad activity- you know the one where your students bring in different kinds of fruit and you talk about how the different fruits represent the different children in the classroom. It's a great community building activity that shows that everyone is special and different but we can all make something amazing when you put us together. Then, you bring in a very old, mushy banana. You start to put it in the fruit…

Friendship salad

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Celebrate Thanksgiving in preschool or kindergarten with a friendship feast where you make friendship fruit salad while exploring unity.

{Book Looks}: The Fruit Salad Friend

I have all the heart eyes for author, Maria Dismondy! Her books are powerful, and offer real-life examples of how students can take ownership of solving their own problems. Throughout this post, you’ll find Amazon Affiliate links. This means I receive a small commission if you purchase something through that link, at no extra cost ... Read more

A fun cooperative activity to make fruit salad; friendship, harvest, food activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K Thanksgiving activity

I have been a long time fan of Maria Dismondy's books. They're wonderful for character building lessons. Maria recently published a new book titled The Fruit Salad Friend. In this story, a little girl named Chloe faces some challenges with friendship. She learns and uses different strategies to to help herself feel better and find friends that lift her up. She learns the recipe for friendship. Super cute! ...and if your classroom is anything like mine, then everybody could use a little…