Talk to your students about why sharing is important. For example, discuss how sometimes sharing helps someone else with a problem. Discuss how sharing also gives students the opportunity to try something new such as a new toy.
Read a book to your student that deals with sharing. Reading a book gives the students an example of how sharing helps others and makes friends. Point out parts of the book that focus on sharing. Let the students ask questions during the reading and after. Answer all questions and refer back to the book to show examples.
Ask your students for examples of times they’ve shared something. Discuss how each student felt when she had to share and why she felt that way. Talk positively about sharing and offer praise after each story. After every student has told her story, tell the students that they just participated in a form of sharing.
Provide the students with examples of sharing taken from everyday life. Ask what each child would do if his friend forgot his lunch at home. The more examples of sharing you provide that correlate with everyday life, the more the students will understand how important sharing is.
Play a game or do a craft project that promotes sharing. For example, provide each student with different craft supplies such as glitter, scissors, paper and glue. Each student receives a different supply. For example, hand one student a tube of glitter and another student a glue stick. Explain to the students that the goal of the project is to make a picture of anything they want. Tell the students that they must use all of the supplies in making their picture and must ask different students for the different supplies. This type of project not only encourages socializing but also shows the students how sharing helps other people.