Classroom activities for teaching good decisions to K-students

📚 Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

• 🤔 Identify what a decision is.
• 👍 Recognize the difference between good and bad choices in simple scenarios.
• 🗣️ Articulate why a choice is good or bad.

🍎 Materials

• 🖼️ Picture cards showing various scenarios (e.g., sharing toys, hitting a friend, eating healthy food).
• 🧸 Props for role-playing (optional).
• 🖍️ Crayons and paper.
• ✅ Worksheet with simple decision-making questions.

☀️ Warm-up (5 minutes)

"What Did You Choose Today?"

• 🙋 Ask students what choices they made this morning (e.g., what to wear, what to eat for breakfast).
• 🗣️ Briefly discuss how they made those choices.

🎯 Main Instruction

Part 1: Defining Decisions (10 minutes)

• 💬 Explain what a decision is in simple terms: "A decision is a choice you make."
• 🖐️ Ask students to name simple decisions they make every day.

Part 2: Good vs. Bad Choices (20 minutes)

• 🖼️ Show picture cards, one at a time.
• ❓ For each card, ask: "What is happening in this picture? Is this a good or bad choice? Why?"
• 🎭 Encourage students to act out the scenarios.
• 🤝 Emphasize the consequences of each choice (e.g., sharing makes friends happy, hitting hurts others).

Part 3: Role-Playing (15 minutes)

• 🧑‍🏫 Present common kindergarten situations (e.g., someone takes your toy, you want a snack before lunch).
• 🎭 Have students role-play different responses, guiding them toward good decisions.

📝 Assessment

"My Choices" Worksheet

• 🖍️ Distribute worksheets with scenarios and simple questions. For example:
• Scenario 1: You see a classmate fall down. What do you do? (a) Laugh (b) Help them up
• Scenario 2: You want a cookie before dinner. What do you do? (a) Take one without asking (b) Ask your parent/teacher
• ✅ Students circle their choice.
• 🗣️ Review answers as a class, discussing why each choice is good or bad.