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Quote Hunt
Read the quote ̶0;Treat others as you want to be treated̶1; to your preschoolers. Write each one of the words down on different index cards several times and hide them all over the classroom. Divide the preschoolers into teams of three or four. They must hunt for all the words to the quote and put it in the correct order. Have one preschooler from each group retrieve a card one at a time to prevent fighting over cards, and explain to them they must be respectful to each other while finding the cards. The first team to do this wins the game. Another respect quote to use for the hunt is ̶0;Respect will get you a long way in life.̶1;
Online Games
Zoodles website offers five free educational games that teach preschoolers about respect. Children can read a book with Barney called ̶0;Please and Thank You.̶1; Ask the children questions about the book, such as "How can you use the words please and thank you to classmates and teachers to be respectful?" Some of the games include videos of songs like the ̶0;Good Feeling Song̶1; and ̶0;The Aggravated Song.̶1; The ̶0;Good Feeling Song̶1; will teach children to deal peacefully with insults, disagreements and anger.
Compliments
Teach your preschoolers about compliments and explain how compliments make people feel good. Each day choose three children to select one person from the class to give him a compliment. Award a small prize to the best compliment of the day. Another idea is to write down the names of each child in the class and scatter them on the floor. Play music and have the children walk around the room. When the music stops, they must each stand on a name. Have the children compliment the person whose name they are standing on. Award small prizes to the best compliments. Tell the children it is also polite for teachers and students to compliment one another.
Stories
Teach the preschoolers respectful sayings, such as ̶0;please,̶1; ̶0;thank you,̶1; "I̵7;m sorry̶1; and ̶0;I really appreciate that.̶1; Read a story to the class and have them add these sayings at the appropriate times. You can also make the story up as you go. For example, you can say ̶0;Fred opened the door for his teacher Mrs. Hawthorne as they walked into the school.̶1; The first child to stand and say, ̶0;Thank you,̶1; wins a small prize. If you say, ̶0;Mrs. Hawthorne accidentally stepped on Fred̵7;s toe as they walked through the door,̶1; the first child to stand up and say, ̶0;I̵7;m sorry̶1; wins a small prize.