Bernie Badegruber - 101 More Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along (Ages 9-15)

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Learning, Growing, Getting Along
(Ages 9 to 15)

Bernie Badegruber

Copyright 2006 VERITAS-VERLAG Linz

First published in Austria in 2002 by Veritas as Spiele zum Problemlsen, Band 2

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Badegruber, Bernd.
[Spiele zum Problemlsen. Band 2. English]
101 more life skills games for children : learning, growing, getting along (ages 9 to 15) / Bernie Badegruber.
p. cm.

Summary: A resource that can help children understand and deal with problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults. These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance self-awarenessProvided by publisher.

Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-89793-443-5 (pbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-89793-443-1 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-0-89793-444-2 (spiral bound)

ISBN-10: 0-89793-444-X (spiral bound)

1. Social skillsStudy and teachingActivity programs. 2. Life skillsStudy and teachingActivity programs. 3. Educational games. I. Title: One hundred one more life skills games for children. II. Title: One hundred and one more life skills games for children. III. Title.

LB1139.S6B3213 2005 302.14071dc22 2005015574

Project Credits

Printed and Bound by Bang Printing, Brainerd, Minnesota

Manufactured in the United States of America

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A detailed list of the games indicating appropriate group sizes begins on the next page.

What, really, are life skills? Aside from the practical skills required for getting on in life, children need to develop social and emotional skills in order to become well-adjusted adults. These skills are the focus of this book.

In particular, the games in this book and in 101 Life Skills Games for Children (for children aged 612) are designed to foster competence and awareness in the following areas: self-awareness, self-regulation of emotions, active listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, collaboration with others in pairs and larger groups, and observing and understanding other peoples feelings. These are essential skills, the building blocks of a successful life. Participating in the games in this book in class or at a camp will help a child to develop at an early age.

We considered calling these areas of social and emotional development life values rather than life skills but didnt want to mislead readers into assuming that we are recommending moral principles or prescribing what is right and wrong. Rather, the focus is on developing the foundation skills of self-awareness and getting along with others. Once these foundations are in place, children are better equipped to learn the skills required to become independent. These practical skills are addressed in other books and are likely to be of more value when your children are a little older.

School counselors and teachers have noted an increase in the number of children who have difficulties assimilating into the classroom environment. To help these children, counselors have to rely on strong participation from parents, teachers, educators, and other adults. This book has been created to help them.

Children who have problems in the classroom have a tendency to cause problems for others, too. These children need models for developing social and problem-solving skills. In a structured group they can experience and try out social behavior. They can learn through daily practice and contact with other children. Make-believe situations can helpin make-believe children can find security. With the games in this book, while having fun, children can deal with a current conflict in the classroom or with a make-believe problem that will help prepare them for real-life situations in the future.