Share activities: Sharing Activities for Young Children

Sharing Activities for Young Children

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Young children can have a hard time sharing… and depending on their age, they really aren’t capable of thinking much beyond themselves to understand sharing.  Often we tend to think that they already know what it means to share or take turns.  These sharing activities can be used to enhance the importance of sharing with others.   In addition, guide children to come up with solutions when sharing (or lack thereof) becomes an issue.  As with all interactions with children, be sure to praise the praise the positive, provide words and phrases to use, role play, and lead by example.

Paint or Draw a Picture Together – Set up a large white piece of paper and either painting supplies or crayons/markers.  Pair up children and have them decide what to draw or paint.  Have them take turns passing the supplies back and forth until their picture is complete.

Show and Tell Sharing – Allow children to bring a toy or item in for Show and Tell. After they finish describing their objects, ask them to pass the object around to the rest of the children. The object should travel in a circle.  When all of the objects are returned to the original owner, point out that they each shared their objects with their classmates. Ask the children to say how they felt when they shared their objects with others, as well as how the Show and Tell would have been different if they had not been able to see and hold the objects that their classmates brought in.

Pass the Ball – Have the kids sit in a circle. Pass around a ball and play some music. When the music stops, whoever is holding the ball says one thing he/she can share with someone else.

The Sharing Song – teach children The Sharing Song by Jack Johnson.  Click Here for lyrics.

The Doorbell Rang – Sharing and Math Activity – The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins is a classic children’s book loved by teachers, parents, and children alike. The patterned text of the story reveals an engaging tale that presents a real-life math challenge. Every preschooler can relate to the struggle of sharing but The Doorbell Rang presents several mathematical concepts as well.  Visit https://www.pre-kpages.com/preschool-math-exploration-the-doorbell-rang/ for details and direction.

Pass the Ice Cream: Sharing Activity for Preschoolers – A fun sharing activity for preschoolers inspired by Mo Willems’ Should I Share My Ice Cream?  Each child takes a turn sharing their ice cream with their friend – by passing it from one cone to another.  Visit https://www.sunnydayfamily.com/2016/09/sharing-activity-for-preschoolers.html for more information and direction.

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25 Activities to Strengthen Sharing Skills in Elementary School

October 25, 2022 //  by Rebecca Przy

Sharing isn’t always easy. Considering the reduced amount of time our students got to spend together during COVID-19,  sharing may be an even bigger challenge for children than ever before! This includes both the sharing of our belongings and the sharing of our thoughts and ideas. Below, you will find 25 activities to strengthen your elementary school students’ sharing skills and abilities.

1. Jungle Gym Outdoor Play

Playing on a jungle gym can be a great physical activity for kids during recess time. It will engage your students’ sharing skills as they wait their turn to go down the slide, swing across the monkey bars, and climb the ladders.

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2. Crafty Show & Tell

Show and Tell but with a twist! Your students can bring in a craft or piece of art that they have created. This fantastic sharing activity is a great way to showcase artistic talent in your class.

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3. Robot Building Station

Materials and resources are not always plentiful and sometimes this can work to our advantage in reinforcing sharing skills. Set up a robot building station with limited available materials. Encourage your students to find a fair way to share what items are available.

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4. My Family Traditions: Class Book & Potluck

Learning about family traditions can be an excellent transition into sharing activities. Students can share their family ancestry and traditions in a class book. The unit can be finished off with a small potluck for a yummy afternoon snack.

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5. Start a Little Free Library

Take a book or leave a book. This helpful resource can have great benefits for students by demonstrating the value of sharing and giving them free access to books to read.

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6. Pass the Story

An activity requiring teamwork is an excellent way to bolster collaboration and sharing skills. Your students can create a group story by taking turns writing 1-2 sentences each. The fun comes out of sharing the story creation and seeing what your friends wrote!

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7. Funny Flips

This fun game is an amusing grammar practice that can be completed as a group. Each student will fill out a column of words (noun, verb, adverb). After finishing, flip around the different parts to have a good laugh!

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8. Exquisite Corpse Drawing

This one is similar to funny flips but you get to draw! Students can share in creating these imaginative works of art. Each student can be assigned the top, middle, or bottom sections, or create their own full corpse.

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9. Synchronized Drawing

When your students realize what fabulous art they can create together, they might not want to stop! Your students will also refine their motor skills as they carefully follow and copy their partner’s pen marks.

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10. Role Play Sharing Scenarios

Role play can be an effective activity for children to develop important life skills, like sharing. Gather some students to create short role-play scenes about sharing and not sharing. You can follow this up with a classroom discussion.

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11. Decorate a Share Chair

Sharing isn’t just about sharing your toys and belongings. Sharing is also about communicating your thoughts and ideas with others. A share chair can be a designated spot for students to share their favorite work, writing, or art with their classmates.

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12. Think-Pair-Share Activity

Think-Pair-Share is a well-established educational technique that can add value to your activity planning. After you ask a question, your students can THINK about the answer, PAIR up with a partner to discuss their answers, and then SHARE with the class.

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13. Mingle-Pair-Share Activity

This fun group communication activity is an alternative to the think-pair-share method. Students will walk around the classroom as the music plays. When the music stops, they must pair with the closest student and share their answers to whatever question you ask.

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14. Share School Supplies

Communal school supplies can be a great practical demonstration of sharing in your elementary student classroom. Whether that be a caddy of supplies at each table or a classroom supply corner, your students will learn to share with each other.

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15. Cooking Time

Cooking is an essential skill and can be a great way to practice sharing and cooperation. Your students will need to share the recipe, ingredients, and kitchen tools to complete the task. Alternatively, they can bring home the recipe and cook it as an activity with their parents.

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16. Read “Nikki & Deja”

Reading can be a great everyday activity for children of all grade levels. This beginner-chapter book is about friendship and the harms of social exclusion. Remembering to be inclusive to your peers and share your friendship is another huge skill your students can learn.

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17. Read “Jada Jones – Rockstar”

Sharing your ideas can be scary because people may dislike them. In this kid’s chapter book, Jada experiences this dilemma. Your students can learn how to better cope with disagreements through this engaging story.

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18. Read “We Share EVERYTHING”

For your younger students, a picture book about sharing may be more appropriate than a chapter book. This hilarious story shows readers the extremes of sharing and why it is not always necessary. Check out the link below for other great children’s books about sharing.

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19. Equal Sharing Worksheet

Learning to share also means learning how to divide! This division worksheet will support your students’ basic math skills by requiring them to equally divide items.

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20. Play a Trivia Game

My students love good competition! You can try a team game, like Trivia, to entertain and teach your students why sharing and collaborating within a team can be so valuable. Everyone will need to share their knowledge for a better chance at victory.

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21. Pros & Cons List

Sharing is an important social practice but it is not always good. You can try creating pros and cons list about sharing with your class. This can act as a helpful resource for students to decide when it is best to share or not.

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22. Shared Writing

Shared writing is a collaborative activity where the teacher writes the story using shared ideas from the class. The complexity of the story can be adapted to different grade levels.

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23. Play Connect4

Why play Connect4? Connect4 is a simple game appropriate for all grade levels. This is one of many games for sharing that requires your students to take turns.

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24. Learn Songs About Sharing

Listening to music in the classroom is a stimulating activity for children. This is a great sing-along you can use to teach your kids about why sharing is important.

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25. Watch “The Duck Who Didn’t Want to Share”

Watch this short story about a duck, Drake, who acted selfishly to keep all the food to himself. By the end of the story, he learns that he is happier when he shares the food with his friends.

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Note sharing and collaboration on iPhone

In the Notes app, you can send a copy of a note to a friend. You can also allow others to read and edit a note or iCloud notes folder. The changes made will be visible to all users.

Send a copy of the note

1. Open the note you want to share.

2. Tap , tap Send a copy, and choose how you want to send the note.

Collaborate on a note or notes folder using iCloud

You can share and collaborate on a note or notes folder with other iCloud users. You can set permissions for other participants, such as permission to edit notes, add attachments, or create subfolders. Changes made are visible to all participants. All participants must be signed in with their Apple ID and have Notes turned on in iCloud Settings.

You cannot collaborate on a password-protected note or folder with password-protected notes.

1. Do one of the following:

   • In the note list, swipe left on the note you want to share, then tap .

   • Tap the note you want to share, then tap the button.

   • In the folder list, swipe left on the folder you want to share, then tap .

   • Open the folder you want to share, then tap and tap Share Folder.

2. Select Start Collaboration.

3. To change access rights, tap sharing options under Start Collaborating. You can set up any of the following options.

   • Grant access only to the members you invite or to all users who have a link.

   • Give collaborators Edit or View Only permission.

   • Allow other users to invite new members (available if collaborators have permission to make changes).

4. Choose how you want the invitation to be sent (for example, via Messages or Mail).

   When you send an invitation via Messages, you will receive updates on the user’s activity in the conversation in Messages when that user makes changes to a shared note. Touch the update to go to the shared note.

View note activity

In the list of notes, an orange dot to the left of the note name indicates that the note has changed since you last viewed it.

1. Open a note, then swipe right on the note or swipe up on the activity card to see who made changes and when.

2. To customize how actions are displayed, tap the button and select any of the options below.

   • Show updates. Changes made since the note was last opened will be displayed.

   • Show all activities. All note activities are displayed.

   • Show selection. The names, date, and changes made by each participant are displayed.

To mention a member and notify them of important updates, type the @ symbol followed by the member’s name.

View folder activity

Touch and hold a folder, then select Show folder activity.

Change sharing settings

• Manage a shared note. Tap , then tap Manage Shared Note.

• Shared folder management. Tap the button, then tap Manage Shared Folder.

• Removing people. Tap the member you want to remove, then tap Remove Access.

• Change access settings. To change this setting for all collaborators, tap Sharing Options. To change this setting for a specific collaborator, tap the collaborator’s name.

• Closing access. Selecting this option removes the shared note or folder from other participants’ devices.

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If you can’t share or collaborate on notes in the Notes app on iPhone or iPad

To share and collaborate on notes, each user must have an Apple device with the latest operating system and sufficient storage. You can also use the iCloud.com website.

Update your devices

Make sure you and the person you want to share or collaborate on notes with on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac are on the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, or the latest version of macOS. You won’t be able to collaborate on notes if the other user is using a third-party device.

If you have notes with pre-iOS 13 drawings, update those drawings in the Notes app to access the latest features.

Make sure you’re using iCloud

Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all your devices. iCloud lets you store, share, and collaborate on notes across multiple devices. Some collaboration features in the Notes app won’t be available until both users are signed in to iCloud.

Before sharing a note, make sure it appears in the Notes app’s iCloud folder. You can only collaborate on notes that are in an iCloud folder.

Make sure you share notes with other Apple accounts

In the Notes app, you can invite your contacts to collaborate on a note. You can also send a copy of the note through apps like Mail or Messages. To start collaborating via Messages, make sure your contact is signed in to iCloud and can receive iMessages.

To share a note:

1. Open the note you want to share.
2. Click the Share button .
3. From the menu, choose whether you want to send a copy or invite your contact to collaborate on the note. Up to 100 people can collaborate on one note. *
4. Tap an application such as Mail or Messages and send a note to your contacts.

Make sure everyone has enough iCloud 9 storage0005

To collaborate on notes, the user must have sufficient iCloud storage and device space. You can free up space or upgrade to an iCloud+ plan to get more storage.

Make sure the person you are trying to share the note with has enough storage space. Changes made to Shared Notes may not appear if your device or iCloud account doesn’t have enough storage space.

Check if your notes are locked

You cannot share notes if they are password protected.