Apple's Friends Starter Activities
Here are some Starter activities to help children prepare for Apple’s Friends sessions. Choose the one which is most suitable for your class and the particular activity that you are going to do. You can use the same Starter each week – and create a ritual for starting the sessions – or try different ones, depending on what you find most appropriate for the theme or for the moment. You can also ask your children which Starters they most enjoy and find most helpful. Feel free to add your own ideas.
7. Follow the leader
Make cards for the Mystery Box with commands that encourage the children to get close to each other (e.g. hug a friend, say a kind word to a friend, kiss a friend on the cheek, squeeze a classmate’s hand gently, say something to make a classmate happy). The child who takes a card out is the “leader” and tells everyone the instruction they have to follow.