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Confidence Building Games for Children

Confidence is a characteristic necessary for doing well in school, getting a job and building relationships. A child with low self-confidence may struggle when facing new challenges and have trouble interacting with other kids. Teachers and parents can prepare children for successful lives by building their self-confidence with games that make them acknowledge all their positive attributes.

Role Playing
- Role-playing games will help students develop the confidence to deal with uncomfortable or problematic situations. Prepare your child for an encounter with a bully by role-playing the situation. Show the child how to be assertive rather then passive when dealing with a dominant personality. Also practice how your child could approach new people and start conversations. Give your child feedback after role-telling them the areas in which they could improve on and the things they did well.
Compliment Game
- Teachers can play this game in the classroom by having the students arrange their desks in a circle with the teacher standing in the middle. The teacher throws a small ball to one student in the circle and has him identify a positive characteristic in the students sitting by his sides. Encourage students not to focus on physical attributes but on personalities and behaviors. This game will not only help students build confidence but will also help them to look past the superficial and instead at all the characteristics that should define a person.
"All About Me" Scavenger Hunt
- Recognizing who you are and what you want in life is a necessary step in building confidence. Help students learn more about themselves by playing an "All About Me" scavenger hunt. Have the child collect items, photos or images from that describe her personality or her interests. Allow her to look through collections of photographs taken throughout her life and old magazines for images to cut out. She can collect old souvenirs such as postcards and movie tickets that have a personal significance.
Hopscotch Game
- Draw hopscotch squares on concrete with chalk and, instead of labeling them with numbers, write an aspect of the child's life such as family, friends, school, sports or hobbies. Have the child throw the rock on the hopscotch and as she moves to pick it up have her tell you something positive about herself that relates to the subject. For example, if the rock lands on family, she can tell you about a time she helped a sibling with homework or completed all her chores. Then take a turn at the hopscotch and tell the child something she did to make you proud. Parents can play this game with their children or teachers can have their students play it with each other.

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