Keep your cool Shows that you're listening Repeat what they said Ask what they want you to do Avoid telling other person they're wrong Suggest what you want them to do The person is feeling bad Ways to stay calm It sounds like you're frustrated Sorry you feel that way Problem solve Until you've said sorry Explain your side Tell what you'll do differently Listen to other person Handling arguments Sounds like I upset you Say you're sorry Saying something you dont mean Upset them and could escalate the problem It sounds like you feel left out Sounds like I hurt your feelings The goal is to... Helps to understand other person's perspective Keep your cool Shows that you're listening Repeat what they said Ask what they want you to do Avoid telling other person they're wrong Suggest what you want them to do The person is feeling bad Ways to stay calm It sounds like you're frustrated Sorry you feel that way Problem solve Until you've said sorry Explain your side Tell what you'll do differently Listen to other person Handling arguments Sounds like I upset you Say you're sorry Saying something you dont mean Upset them and could escalate the problem It sounds like you feel left out Sounds like I hurt your feelings The goal is to... Helps to understand other person's perspective
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
B-Keep your cool
N-Shows that you're listening
N-Repeat what they said
N-Ask what they want you to do
G-Avoid telling other person they're wrong
G-Suggest what you want them to do
I-The person is feeling bad
B-Ways to stay calm
G-It sounds like you're frustrated
B-Sorry you feel that way
B-Problem solve
N-Until you've said sorry
G-Explain your side
I-Tell what you'll do differently
I-Listen to other person
G-Handling arguments
I-Sounds like I upset you
O-Say you're sorry
O-Saying something you dont mean
O-Upset them and could escalate the problem
O-It sounds like you feel left out
B-Sounds like I hurt your feelings
O-The goal is to...
I-Helps to understand other person's perspective