The Recipe for Friendship
A Whole Sense Approach for fostering friendship skills
Friendship is an integral part of the human experience; it takes time, patience, and a whole lot of love.
Featured Resources
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A caregiver guide by ECE Bakery created to engage the entire family with the 7 friendship ingredients over multiple experiences.
Positive Descriptive Acknowledgments (PDA) help children build identity, strengthen skills, feel safe and seen. They provide social context and feedback as children are experiencing the world; reinforcing multi-sensory learning in real time! This list of sample PDA statements aligned with the friendship ingredients will help get you started!
Developed from the Whole Sense framework, the “Recipe for Friendship” inspires educators to see what is possible in their role. This practitioners guide provides a list of strategies aligned with each “friendship ingredient” and includes a reflection section to help individualize the recipe to meet your needs.