Getting children to chat to each other on the first day back is easy with this ‘Find a friend who…’ activity. Laminate it and use again the next year.

I love watching my little ones play this on their first morning. Who is shy? Who can’t stay on task? It stamps ‘we are interested in one another and like to communicate’ on my class from the very first moment.

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