Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Morning meeting becomes a place for kindness and gratitude with a simple but powerful community-building game.
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Child’s Play NY (childsplayny.com/) works in classrooms across New York City to help teachers learn to use theater games for a multitude of purposes—building classroom culture, activating student voice, and connecting to curriculum. In Sammi Priti’s first-grade classroom at Arts and Letters United 305 in Brooklyn, Child’s Play NY founder Jocelyn Greene visits during a morning meeting to demonstrate ‘I Have a Gift For You,’ a game where students practice using each other’s names, expressing their thanks, and tapping into creativity. The result is a sense of gratitude and positivity that lasts throughout the day—and beyond.
For more theater games that support learning, check out the articles that Child’s Play NY founder Jocelyn Greene has written for Edutopia: edutopia.org/profile/jocelyn-greene or visit this channel: youtube.com/@childsplayinaction
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Morning meeting becomes a place for kindness and gratitude with a simple but powerful community-building game.
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Child’s Play NY (childsplayny.com/) works in classrooms across New York City to help teachers learn to use theater games for a multitude of purposes—building classroom culture, activating student voice, and connecting to curriculum. In Sammi Priti’s first-grade classroom at Arts and Letters United 305 in Brooklyn, Child’s Play NY founder Jocelyn Greene visits during a morning meeting to demonstrate ‘I Have a Gift For You,’ a game where students practice using each other’s names, expressing their thanks, and tapping into creativity. The result is a sense of gratitude and positivity that lasts throughout the day—and beyond.
For more theater games that support learning, check out the articles that Child’s Play NY founder Jocelyn Greene has written for Edutopia: edutopia.org/profile/jocelyn-greene or visit this channel: youtube.com/@childsplayinaction
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