Fairness games for youth

Choose your local campus Spaces are limited due to unprecedented demand! So how do we teach fairness to young children? Practice Turn-taking. This is a good starting point for the especially young.

Through playing games like peek-a-boo and building with blocks you lay one, I lay one , parents are able to provide a basic understanding of taking turns which is an element of fairness. For older children, use games as an opportunity to model and explain why we play by a given set of rules, how we take turns, and how we encourage one another even when we are unhappy with an outcome.

Notice Fair and Unfair. But she and a friend come up with a way to fight back. Read more here. Actually, the more common version: to really understand someone, you need to walk a mile in their shoes.

This advice, first thought to have been given around , is especially true today, and an important lesson for our children. No matter what side you fall on the millions of issues that seem to divide us these days, one thing is true. People have stopped listening to each other. We seem to be less willing than ever to "walk a mile in someone's shoes" to try to understand their point of view.

But if we can teach our children the importance of this lesson, then perhaps we can open up new conversations and find more common ground. To help get these conversations started, I have a creative activity that everyone in the family can participate in. Tell the girls remaining in the room that they will help the other girls find a lost treasure by answering yes-or-no questions honestly. Hide the treasure troves around the meeting room so that the girls can see.

Bring the girls from the hallway inside and tell them that they are going to be looking for a treasure and that everyone will help them by answering yes or no questions. Your assistant leader can get the girls started by asking sample questions like "Is the treasure up high? Lies are hard to remember.

Show your Daisies that it is always easier to tell the truth with this simple game. Sit with the girls in a circle. Hold a large object in your hands and make up a silly lie about it. For example, if you are holding a stuffed bear you can say "This is a duck. For comparison, try the same game but tell the truth. Show girls that they can use honesty and fairness in everyday life to make themselves and others happy by trying out this activity adapted from "Be Honest and Tell the Truth".

See Resource 1 Cut out enough fish-shaped cards so that there is one for each girl. Draw a scenario on the fish that has to do with honesty or fairness.