Buffalo Fun Funds Reference Sheet

A comprehensive 5-day social-emotional learning sequence designed to empower students to proactively welcome, include, and support new peers in their program. Students develop perspective-taking, conversation skills, respectful curiosity toward differences, and practical bystander intervention strategies.

A welcoming first-session lesson plan where students learn each other's names, uncover mutual interests through low-pressure prompts, and establish positive group norms. Includes structured warm-ups, an interactive connection matrix, and reflective debriefs that build psychological safety.

A comprehensive 2-page printable worksheet guiding students to analyze their names through positive character traits, personal strengths, and core values. Includes an 8-row acrostic name code builder, a curated trait inspiration vault, and structured reflection prompts.

A comprehensive three-part social-emotional learning sequence that equips classrooms with proactive greeting skills, open-circle inclusion routines, and empathetic problem-solving strategies to welcome new students smoothly and warmly.

A comprehensive communication skills lesson guiding students through calm problem-solving, perspective-taking, I-statements, and respectful disagreement using guided practice and interactive scenarios.

A comprehensive 24-card printable restorative justice discussion deck featuring community building openers, harm and accountability prompts, realistic school conflict scenarios, and circle keeper facilitation tools.

A 3-part mindfulness, yoga, and breathing sequence designed to help students master physiological calming mechanisms, physical grounding poses, and proactive emotional regulation strategies.

Students synthesize their skills by rehearsing real-world welcoming scenarios, assembling a group Welcome Playbook, and taking the Welcome Crew commitment pledge.

A two-page printable student resource featuring a foldable 3D desk name tent, low-risk personal interest starters, a six-box speed connection matrix, and a self-reflective exit slip.

A comprehensive 6-session grief support sequence designed for school counselors and small groups to help students understand grief, build coping tools, process complex feelings, map support networks, prepare for milestones, and honor lasting memories.

Students practice situational awareness to spot peers experiencing confusion, loneliness, or teasing, and learn proactive peer-support tactics as well as safe ways to involve adults.

A high-visibility visual presentation for guiding the first-session icebreakers, containing step-by-step instructions for the name tent activity, group norms, low-stakes mingle prompts, and closing reflections.