Circle of Care Virtual Agenda

(Littles) Session 5 Date: 11/19/20

Littles Facilitator 1: HOST Cynthia Pre-meeting: 5pm - 5:30pm
Littles Facilitator 2: xxxx Group: 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Littles Facilitator 3: ** manage chat Debrief: 6:15pm - 6:30pm
**ALL FACILITATORS**
Post-meeting: 8:20pm - 9:15pm

Death Anniversaries:
Birthdays/Holidays: Thanksgiving
Time Description Lead

5:00pm Pre-Meeting
5:25pm Facilitator 1 (Cynthia)- Play background music give all facilitators co-
host access

5:30pm *All Facilitators: Welcome kids in.

Welcome each child in when they come into the virtual room, say
hello, say their names, good to see, let them know we will start
shortly etc.

5:35pm Facilitator 3 (x): Start of Group Welcome - remind participants that we

are all here because someone special in our life has died, and that
together we are going to share, and connect, have fun and get support
from each other. There has also been so much change for all of us
with the pandemic and having to be in our homes, away from our
friends and family, virtual school, and virtual group - it is hard on all of
us in many ways and we hope this space becomes a place where you
get to express yourself, meet some new friends, and share and learn
different ways of coping with our experience of loss.

Facilitator 2 (x): Before we start the first opening circle and introduce
ourselves, we want to set up some group guidelines that we all can
agree to in order to make our time together helpful and safe for
everyone.

Facilitator 3 (x): We have some basic agreements that we follow in all

of our groups.
Group Guidelines/Agreements
● It's OK to pass-don’t have to talk if you don’t want to.
● What we say here stays here- confidentiality is important
● Respect others feelings, no put downs - don’t yuck my yum!
● One Mic - one person talks at the time, we might mute mics
● Raise hand if you want to talk-
● Sit and Listen - Try to find a comfortable space to sit and pay
attention before we dive into group. We want to limit
distractions by having to move around a lot.
● Use of Chat- for questions and comments that are on topic only.
● Anything the group would like to add to our Agreements?

Facilitator 1 (Cynthia): Opening Circle

Before we start opening a circle does everyone have their own name
on their screen?
We start each group with an opening circle where we introduce
ourselves, our pronouns, and the name of the person in our life that
has died.
Our question is: What is your favorite book?

Facilitator 1 (Cynthia) starts, all facilitators participate: Facilitator

models introducing themselves (name, pronoun, and answering
question). Then they pass the mic to a child on the screen raising their
hand to go next. If no hands raised pass the mic to anyone. The co-
host can help to unmute kiddos as well.

Facilitator 1 (Cynthia) introduces activity and 2 (x) assists:

Activity #1: Gratitude Hand Turkey
Objective: To recognize what we are thankful for.
Materials: Paper and writing utensil (crayons, markers, etc.)
Set up: None

Instructions (Cynthia):
1. The children will get a piece of paper, place their hand in the
middle, and trace around it with a pencil.
2. Children will then be allowed to decorate their turkeys for 5
minutes.
3. The children will need to write down one different thing that
 they are thankful for on each of the feathers (additional time
will be given to do this).
4. After we are done decorating, we will come back as a group to
share our turkeys.

Debrief (x):
● Did you find it hard or easy to come up with four things that you
are thankful for?
● How did it feel to think about what you are grateful for?
● Did you guys like doing this art activity? Would you like to do
more in the future?

Brain Break (Cynthia will facilitate): Noodle walk

Play the song, “I like to move it”, in the background.

1. Ask kids to stand up and stretch their arms in the air.
2. Next, ask them to shake their hands as if they were noodles.
3. As they continue to shake their hands, ask them to bend their
knees and do “noodle knees” (bring them in and out quickly).
Then ask them to balance on one foot while still shaking their
hands. Then the other foot.
4. Then walk around to show us their “noodle walk”.
5. Do the noodle walk while adding facial movement.

Thank them for participating in the activity and introduce the next one.

Facilitator 2 (x) Introduces Activity 2 & Facilitator 3 (x) helps with

asking the questions:
Activity 2: Feel Better Plan

Objective: Developing coping skills for the kiddos when they feel sad.
Materials: Pen or pencil and a piece of paper
Set-up: None

On a piece of paper, we are going to draw or write a list of things that

can help us feel better.
1. When you are feeling sad, who is a person you can go to? (x)
2. What is something you would like to eat or drink when you want
to feel comforted? (x)
3. Where do you like to go when you are missing your special
person? (x)
 4. What is a book, song, movie or TV show you like to watch? (x)
5. What is a game you play that helps you feel better? (x)
6. What activity (i.e running, art, video games) do you like to do to
feel better? (x)
7. What toy/object do you play with the most? (x)
8. Does group help you feel better when you are missing your
special person? (x)

Debrief (Cynthia):

● How did you feel when we were asking you these questions?
● Did you notice anything special about the questions we asked?
● How are you going to use your feel better plan?

Facilitator 3 (x): Closing Circle--Your Name, name of your special

person, and response to closing circle question.

Closing Question: What are your family’s plans for Thanksgiving, if any?
If you do not celebrate Thanksgiving what does your family do on this
day?