Building empathy through play match feelings with kindness in Friends and Neighbors: The Helping Game.

Friends and Neighbors is a matching game that focuses on emotions. Can players help a little girl who’s sad because she’s standing out in the rain or a boy who’s afraid of the dark? Reach into the Helping Bag and Pull out a token – can it help someone on the game board? If so, it’s a match!

In playing the game and reading about the feelings and needs of the characters, parents can help their children recognize feelings in others – the first step to building empathy.

Contents:

• 4 game boards
• 14 tokens
• 1 helping bag
• 1 stop sign board
• social and emotional intelligence parent guide and friends and neighbors story book

Ages 3+