Cuddle circle

Circle games about closeness, consent to touch and different ways of showing we like someone.

Steps

1. Chat: who we like to hug and how we feel after a hug.
2. An important rule: we only hug when the other person agrees, and everyone can say no.
3. Children come up with other greetings: high five, elbow bump, bow, smile, wave.
4. Circle game: children walk to music, and when it stops they greet the nearest person in the way they choose.
5. Finally, each child hugs a cuddly toy brought from home and tells the group about it.

Tip: It is a good day to hang a poster of greeting pictures by the door for children to choose from.