Use this poster to teach your students how to be a good friend to others.
Teach Your Students How to Be a Good Friend
If there’s one thing we all need in life, it’s good friends!
This poster makes the perfect addition to any classroom, serving as a constant reminder of the qualities and behaviours that make someone a great friend. The poster features six colourful and engaging illustrations, each depicting one of the key traits of a good friend. These include:
- Listen well.
- Take turns.
- Support others.
- Be respectful.
- Say kind things.
- Share nicely.
This printable poster is a valuable tool for any teacher who wants to cultivate strong and healthy friendships among their students. It serves as a daily reminder of the key traits and behaviours that make someone a good friend and can help inspire positive changes in how we interact with those around us.
Explore the Traits of a Good Friend
Our “How to Be a Good Friend” poster is a vibrant and engaging teaching resource designed to help children understand and develop the essential traits of being a good friend. Here are some ways that you might like to use this poster in your lessons on friendship:
- Interactive Discussion – Ask students to share examples of when they have witnessed a friend or classmate displaying the traits on the poster.
- Role-Playing Activities – Have groups of students create a short skit demonstrating how to practise an assigned trait from the poster in a friendship scenario.
- Journal Writing – Ask students to write about a time when they displayed traits from the poster and what they learned from this experience.
- Reinforce Behaviours – Use the poster as a reference throughout the school year to reinforce positive friendship behaviours.
Download and Print This Friendship Poster
This poster downloads as a full-colour PDF. If colour printing is not available at your school, we recommend printing the poster in greyscale on coloured paper.
If you intend to display the poster, we recommend enlarging it for enhanced readability.
More Friendship Activities for Your Students
Click below to explore some more great friendship activities from the Teach Starter team:
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A social story to develop social skills for being a good friend.
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How To Be a Good Friend – Teaching Slides
Learn how to form healthy and long-lasting friendships with this set of teaching slides.
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