Amistad Friendship Chain

What You Do:

1. Explain to your child the meaning of amistad, then ask what friendship means to him. What does your child look for in a friend? How does he reciprocate friendship? What does being a good friend mean? Is friendship everlasting or unconditional? After this initial discussion, ask your child to make a list of sentences or words that he associates with friendship, amistad.
2. Now help your child to cut out strips of paper, one for each of the sentence or word on the list. Cut the construction paper along the longest side, about one inch thick. After all of the strips have, lay them flat on the table.
3. Ask your child to then write down on each chain link one word, phrase, or sentence about friendship.
4. Once each chain link is written on you will help your child form the paper chain by taking each strip and folding it into a circle. Make sure the written words are on the outside. Then hold the strip in the circle shape by putting a bit of tape at the two meeting points. For each chain link that your child adds make sure he forms the circle by slipping it around the loop of the previous link, taping it off, and continuing on to the next one.
5. Hang it in a place to remind your child what true frienship means.