Self-Esteem Games for Children

✍ Scribed by Deborah M. Plummer

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 145
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this practical handbook, self-esteem expert Deborah Plummer offers a wealth of familiar and easy-to-learn games carefully chosen to build and maintain self-esteem in children aged 5-11. The selection of games reflects the seven key elements of healthy self-esteem - self-knowledge, self and others, self-acceptance, self-reliance, self-expression, self-confidence and self-awareness - and includes opportunities for thinking and discussion. The book combines physically active and passive games, verbal and non-verbal games and games for pairs or groups, which makes them equally accessible for children with speech/language difficulties or those with physical disabilities. Deborah Plummer shows that the games can be easily adapted and she encourages readers to be creative in inventing their own alternative versions. This is an ideal resource for teachers, parents, carers and all those working to nurture self-esteem in children.

✦ Table of Contents

COVER......Page 1
Self-Esteem Games for Children......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Part One:
Theoretical and practical
background......Page 7
1.
Introduction......Page 9
2.
Understanding self-esteem......Page 14
3.
Why use games to support healthy
self-esteem?......Page 22
4.
Working with groups......Page 27
BIBLIOGRAPHY
......Page 34
REFERENCES
......Page 35
Part Two:
Games for self-esteem......Page 37
5.
Non-competitive ways to choose
groups and leaders......Page 39
6.
Warm-ups and ice-breakers......Page 40
8.
Friends and feelings......Page 66
9.
Feeling OK about being me......Page 78
10.
Taking care of myself......Page 90
11.
More than just talking......Page 102
12.
Solving problems......Page 115
13.
All my senses......Page 125
14.
Wind-downs and celebrations......Page 135
APPENDIX: EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAMES
......Page 142
SUBJECT INDEX
......Page 143
AUTHOR INDEX
......Page 144
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
......Page 145