1.  Friend Collage
             I had a large collage box and a piece of poster board with 
the words "A FRIENDSHIP COLLAGE" -- We shared all that we used!"  The 
children came two at a time to the table and chose 10 things out of the 
collage box to glue onto the poster board.  When we were done we had a 
cooperative collage.  This activity enabled me to see who can count and 
do 1-to-1 correspondance when counting to 10.  It also pointed out 
children who had difficulty working on a project together.  I actually 
had one child who COULD NOT/WOULD NOT do a project with everyone 
else....he insisted on doing his own.  That definitely told me where he 
is in his social development!

      2.  Buddy Paintings
              I've submitted this before but perhaps some people missed 
it.  I taped two pieces of large easel paper together.  We talked about 
what a "buddy" is...(a friend).  The children went to the table in groups 
of 3 to paint cooperatively on the easel paper.  We called them "buddy 
paintings" because we painted them with our friends. 

      3.  Rainbow Fish
             We will read Rainbow Fish and do a corresponding project 
because Rainbow Fish shared his shiny fins and made many friends.

      4.  Swimmy
             You might also want to read Swimmy and do a project on 
working together and cooperating with friends.

      5.  Friends by Helen Heine is a favorite book in my class.  It is 
about a rooster, a mouse, and a pig.  The story tells about what they do 
together as friends.  (They ride their bikes, pretend to be pirates, go 
fishing, share cherries for a snack, etc. etc.  When night falls they try 
each others homes hoping to sleep together.  After several small 
disasters (ie. rooster gets his head stuck in mouse's door) they realize 
that the best place is in each of their own beds because...."friends 
can't always be together......but they dream about each other through 
the night as "good friends do."  It's a delightful book, whimsical but 
full of great messsages about being a good friend.

      6.  Friendship Cake
            Another teacher baked a simple recipe called "Friendship 
Cake".  It was another way to work cooperatively and share the "yummy" 
results.