Things I Like About Me

What are all of the things you love about you? In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to answer this question and will design a poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images or words that describe themselves. This activity is a fun and creative way to build social emotional skills around self-awareness, confidence, and creating an accurate self image.

What You Need:

• A picture of your child
• Magazines or printed pictures
• Markers or colored pencils
• 8.5" x 11" paper (or poster board)

What You Do:

1. Ask your child, "What are all the things you like about yourself? What makes you unique?"
2. Explain that they will be designing a poster that shows all the things they love about themselves. Their poster should include their interests, talents, and images and words that describe them.
3. Have your child paste a picture of him or herself in the middle of the poster.
4. Ask your child to cut out pictures of things that make them special and unique, such as interests, talents, and qualities.
5. Paste the images around their picture.
6. Have them color and draw around their images.
7. Hang your child's completed poster somewhere as a reminder of all the things that make them great!

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