Introduce young children to the concepts of empathy and compassion with Friends & Neighbors: The Helping Game. Designed for ages 3 and up, this cooperative matching game encourages players to recognize emotions and offer help to characters in need. Through engaging gameplay and storytelling, children learn to identify feelings in others—the first step toward building emotional intelligence. Players take turns drawing tokens from the Helping Bag, each depicting an item that can assist someone on the game board. If the token matches a need—like an umbrella for a girl caught in the rain—it’s a successful match! The game also includes a storybook and parent guide to facilitate discussions about emotions and helping behaviors.
Playing this game helps develop empathy and emotional awareness, cooperation and teamwork, problem-solving, communication, social skills, decision-making, patience, cognitive flexibility, and critical thinking. This pre-used game includes 4 Gameboards, 14 Tokens, 1 Helping Bag, 1 Stop Signboard, 1 Parent Guide, 1 Friends and Neighbors Story Book, and instructions. This game can be used by occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and special education teachers.
WARNING: Choking Hazard – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
