Friends and Neighbors: The Helping Game – A Social-Emotional Game that Develops Empathy and Compassion! Can players help a little girl who’s sad because she’s standing out in the rain or a boy who’s afraid of the dark? With Friends and Neighbors children will learn how! Friends and Neighbors is a matching game that focuses on emotions. Children encounter persons with a problem and reach into the Helping Bag to pull out a token – can the token help someone on the game board? If so, it’s a match!In playing the game and reading about the feelings and needs of the characters, parents can help their children recognize feelings in others – the first step to building empathy. Game includes 4 game boards, 14 tokens, 1 Helping Bag, 1 Stop Sign board, parent guide and Friends and Neighbors book.Children will learn:- How to recognize and name emotions- What it feels like to be a helper- CooperationWhat is a cooperative game? It’s a game where everyone plays together, no one is left out, and everyone has fun! In a cooperative game, players work together as a team against a common obstacle, not against each other.Cooperative games emphasize play, not competition. Kids work together, they help each other and, most importantly, they play for FUN!Cooperative Games foster:- Non-stressful play situations- Emotional development- Shared decision making- Creative problem solving- A sense of community