From the author: A selection of games: they can be played both within an educational institution (teacher or teacher with a group of primary schoolchildren or preschoolers), and in the family circle, if there is someone who is an adult, ready to take on the role of games organizer. Games with children to develop sympathy, empathy, communication skills Happiness (from 6 years old) Goals: if most of your children are in a good mood, you can play this game to make everyone feel even better and happier. Of course, no person can be happy all the time, but we can only expect true sympathy from the person who feels happy - then he has enough energy to notice how others are doing. Materials: Drawing paper and pencils for everyone child.Instructions: Do you know any story about a happy animal? Do you know any person who is almost always happy? When you yourself are happy, what do you experience? I want you to draw a picture that shows what happens when you are happy. Use colors and lines, shapes and images that express your understanding of happiness...Help children draw with symbols and abstractions.Now let's discuss what makes you happy. Dictate, I will write down. Write the words on the board and let the children continue this recording. If you are working with older children who write well on their own, then you can arrange different sheets into the following categories: people, places, things, work... Ten-year-olds can first describe something that made them happy yesterday. In addition to this, they can even compose a poem in which each line begins with the words: “Happiness is...”. There is no need to rhyme the lines. Analysis of the exercise: - Why can’t we feel happy all the time? - What do you do to become joyful again after some trouble? - When do you experience great, great happiness? - Do you sometimes do something... what makes someone else happy? Caring for an Animal (from 6 years old)Objectives: In this game, children have the opportunity to identify with an existing or imaginary pet that they have to take care of. Such entry into the life of another being develops in children the ability to empathize. Instructions: Have you ever thought about what is most necessary for you in life? What do you think a plant needs to live? What about an animal? We all need each other. Everything that lives needs some substances or living beings. Plants need soil so they can eat. The apple tree needs bees to pollinate the flowers. We need air so we can breathe... Tell me more things that you need for anything. Now let's think about how our pets need us. How many of you care about pets? Now I would like to offer you one imaginary game. Imagine that a dog, cat, bird or hamster needs you. Sit back, close your eyes and take three deep breaths... Now imagine that you are no longer a child, but some kind of your own pet. If you don’t have an animal at home, then imagine one that you would willingly have... Imagine how it feels to the touch - a dog... or a cat... or another domestic animal that lives in your house... Imagine that you are this animal. Here you are walking around your house or cage. Imagine what it would be like to sit in a cage on a hot day when the fur is already warm. How do you feel when you are thirsty? Would you be happy to drink water? Go to your bowl. Is there water there? Who poured it for you? Is the food available? Who feeds you when you're hungry? Finally, someone came to feed you. You need a person who gives you food. You cannot find food and water for yourself. You cannot open the tap or the refrigerator yourself. Like a pet, you need a person in itself - to play with him, so that he strokes and caresses you, so that he talks to you, takes a walk or lets you out..