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 behaviors that make someone a great friend. The poster features six colorful 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 behaviors 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 practice 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 Behaviors – Use the poster as a reference throughout the school year to reinforce positive friendship behaviors.

Download and Print This Friendship Poster

This poster downloads as a full-color PDF. If color printing is not available at your school, we recommend printing the poster in grayscale on colored 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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Being a Good Friend – Mini-Book

Learn how to be a good friend and maintain relationships with this printable social skills book.

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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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Grow a Friendship Garden – Friendship Activities

Encourage students to make a friendship garden grow with this activity bundle that includes friendship worksheets, writing templates, craft templates, and scenario cards.