Friends & Sharing Kids’ Activities

Thousands of parents worldwide have learned how fun and helpful it can be to have Happy Kids© Songs in their lives. These full-production songs are both highly entertaining and age appropriate—adult quality music, but with words and themes that tap into the most common issues confronting young kids. The variety of adult and child soloists, children’s chorus, and wide range of instruments and styles of music easily hold children’s attention, and parents’ too.

This music is so inviting and upbeat, kids may not notice it’s teaching them a thing or two as they bop to the beats. -Parenting Magazine

Music has been shown to be an effective, almost magical medium for teaching character and social and emotional skills--a fun way to “make the medicine go down.” These songs and activities have won the Teacher’s Choice, iParenting and numerous other awards, and research has shown:

• Children make significant improvements in behaviors such as being helpful, staying on task, and understanding and using the Golden Rule.

• They learn new skills to better approach their peers and gain more effective tools for dealing with teasing and bullying.

• Kids are better able to resolve conflicts with others by learning to talk things out. • Lessons about feelings give kids the words to use when sad, mad or frustrated. • As kids develop a more positive attitude and self-confidence, they also are far

more likely to encourage others to do their best.• And as far as academics are concerned, happy kids learn better!

Most of us still remember the words to songs from our childhood. Don’t you still sing the ABC song in your head when you’re trying to remember alphabetical order? This is the magic of music. It lights up over a dozen areas in the brain, reinforcing concepts across multiple intelligences.

There may be no more powerful method of learning than through music, and no more important lessons for children than those that focus on character and social and emotional skills.

The following lyrics and activity pages help reinforce the key concepts in each song. Feel free to print them out, make copies, and share with others.

If you like this, you should check out: Happy Kids© Songs Workbook: Hands-on Activities to Build Social, Emotional and Character Skills This 125-page activity book includes the kids’ lyrics and coloring pages from all 8 of the KidsEPs albums plus adds more than a hundred lessons and activities for parents and teachers to share with kids. (Available at Amazon.com)

Sailing on the Seven CsChorus:When we’re sailing on the good ship, friendship,We’re sailing off on a breeze.When we’re sailing on the good ship, friendship,We’re sailing on the seven Cs.

C stands for caring and consideration.C stands for commitment and communication.Just add concern, curiosity, and cooperation,And you’ve got the creation of the seven Cs.

Caring means to keep your friends in your heart,Be thinking about them, together or apart.Consideration means to learn about their needs,Consider their feelings and do good deeds.

Commitment means that you never have a doubt.When the going gets tough, you work things out.Communication means that you say what you feel,And when you do it nicely, then it’s no big deal.

Chorus

Concern just means the same as caring,Not much blame and lots of sharing.Curiosity means finding out,What your friend is all about.And cooperation never ends,Sailing together on the good ship of friends.

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Caring—sailing on the seven Cs, Consideration—sailing on the seven Cs, Commitment—sailing on the seven Cs, Communication—sailing on the seven Cs, Concern—sailing on the seven Cs, Curiosity—sailing on the seven Cs, Cooperation—sailing on the seven Cs.

Sailing on the Seven Cs

Add the missing letters to spell the seven Cs. You will need to add five of each of these letters: I, N, O, R, T. Color the border to make a mini-poster!

caring, consideration, commitment, communication, concern, curiosity, cooperation.

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Kelly Duhl was walking to schoolAnd saw some other kids ahead.Silly Kelly thought she’d join her friendsBut walked along alone instead.

And Billy Moore stood by the doorAnd wouldn’t join the kids in play.Silly Billy thought that no one caredTill he listened to his teacher say . . .

Chorus:Everybody wants to find a friend.Everybody wants to find a friend.Just say hello. Let “another body” knowThat you want to play with them again.

And Sally Clark was sitting in the parkWhen she found a friend named Fred.Silly Sally sulked while all alone,Till remembering what her teacher said . . .

Chorus, repeat 3 times

Everybody Wants to Find a Friend

Across3. A group playing a sport together.4. A friendly greeting5. Place to make lots of new friends6. Someone I like

Down1. Fun thing to do on a hot day2. What I like to do with my friends3. It is more fun to play4. How I feel with a friend

Use the clues to do the Friendship crossword puzzle.

Everybody Wants to Find a Friend

Sharing FriendsIf you want to play with Marie,Play with her and not with me,It’s not what I want, but it’s okay,And I’ll come back another day.

Just a moment, wait a second,I can ask Marie and check andSee if she would really careIf you would join, and we would share.

So I just checked and she said “yes,”So let’s all play, come be our guest,’Cause sharing friends is the way to go.I‘m glad we all said “yes” instead of “no.”I’m glad we all said “yes” instead of “no.”

Yes, yeah, yeah. Yes, yeah, yeah (2 times).I’m glad we all said “yes” instead of “no.”

Color the picture of friends playing together.

Sharing Friends

Happy as HappyCan BeWhat if I were a flower?What if you were a bee?Over and over, we’d meet again,And you’d be so happy with me.

What if I were a bird?What if you were a tree?Over and over, we’d meet again,And be happy as happy can be.

These are some things that go together,Like a family,Things that go together,Like friends, like you and me.

What if I were a cup?What if you were some tea?Over and over, we’d fill me up,And you’d be so happy with me.

And if I were a lock,Then you’d be a key.Over and over we’d open me up,And I’d be happy and free.

Happy as happy,Happy as happy,Happy as happy,Happy as happy can be!

What goes together? Draw lines to connect the things that would go together. For added fun, color your favorite things.

Happy as Happy Can Be

TogetherIf I could wish upon a star,I’d make a wish to be where you are.Each and every day,I wish that we could stay together.

It’s time to go, to say good-bye.But we know the reason whyWe can never endTime that we spend together.

Together, together,No matter where we are, it seems like home.Together, together,Because you’re the best friend I’ve ever known.

It’s time to go, to say good-bye.But we know the reason whyWe can never endTime that we spend together,Because you’re my friend.My friend, my friend.

Being together,Being together,Being together.

You’ll always be my friend,Until the very end.We’ll always be togetherForever, again and again.

You’ll always be my friend,Until the very end.We’ll always be togetherForever, again and again.

Decorate the picture frame. Draw a picture of someone who is special to you, or find a picture and glue it in the frame.

Together