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Friendship

Kids will learn about being cooperative, kind, fair, and inclusive, which can help them make lasting friendships!

You can access Big Heart activities with your Noggin subscription.

You can access Big Heart activities with your Noggin subscription.

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Kids learn these
important skills

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Kids learn these
important skills

Making friends can be tough—especially if it's a new skill, or a skill that got rusty this past year. The good news is, Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith shares lots of ways to support our kids in this process.

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A Friend Like You

Watch as the Big Heart Kids, Marquis, Kale and Marisol, meet and make friends over a shared love of pirates in this music video from the Big Heart Beats Album!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Building relationships
  • Developing positive interactions with others

Print this color-in storybook. While reading the lyrics and coloring in the pictures, ask kids if they have ever felt any of these feelings before. When? How did their body feel when they had that feeling? If it was a difficult feeling, what made them feel better?

The Big Heart Awesome Show: Friendship

In this episode of the Big Heart Awesome Show, Butterbean from Butterbean’s Café talks to real kids about their awesome friends!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Demonstrates awareness of self
  • Building relationships
  • Developing positive interactions with others

Watch the Big Heart Awesome Show and talk with your child about some things they can do or say to make a new friend. Kids love hearing stories about when you were younger! How did you meet your first friend? What were your favorite things about your friend?

Blue's Clues & You: "Card Maker: A Friendship Card!"

Watch this Play-Along video on Noggin where Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper invite YOU to make a special friendship card! Color and customize a card for Blue, Magenta, Shovel and Pail, or Josh!

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Empathy
  • Visual Arts

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  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Building relationships
  • Developing positive interactions with others

Print this color-in storybook. While reading the lyrics and coloring in the pictures, ask kids to tell you about their friends! You might ask how they met their friends, why they love their friends, and their favorite things to do with their friends.

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Demonstrates awareness of self
  • Building relationships
  • Developing positive interactions with others

Watch the Big Heart Awesome Show and talk with your child about some things they can do or say to make a new friend. Kids love hearing stories about when you were younger! How did you meet your first friend? What were your favorite things about your friend?

  • Celebrates individual differences
  • Celebrates different cultures
  • Celebrates cultural identity
  • Empathy
  • Visual Arts

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Family Activities and Parent Resources

We’ve collaborated with our friends at Sparkler Learning to build family activities and other parent and educator resources.

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Little Kids, Big Hearts Podcast

Listen to the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast with your child (Episode 3: “What Can You Do With Big Feelings?”) to explore emotions of all kinds with your big-hearted kid!

Friend Finder Quiz

Everyone’s different! Find out what type of Noggin friend your child is.

Big Heart Book Lists

Picture books can teach lifelong lessons about friendship! Big Heart World partnered with First Book and School Library Journal for book recommendations to help parents, caregivers, and educators introduce children to books that help them grow big hearts.

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