Rayna has taught Elementary Education for 12 years (in both 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades) and holds a M.Ed in Early Childhood Education from The Ohio State University
Teamwork: Lesson for Kids
What Is Teamwork?
Have you ever played on a team before, such as in baseball or cheerleading? On these teams, it's important that you work together and get along with other players or members. This is called teamwork. Teamwork involves working together with other people to get to an end goal.
If you've ever seen the television show PAW Patrol, then you've seen teamwork in action. A 10-year-old boy named Ryder has a group of puppies (Rubble, Sky, Chase, Zuma, Rocky, and Marshall) who use teamwork to help the people of their community, Adventure Bay. These pups share, cooperate (which means to work together), trust one another, and follow Ryder's directions as a team. These characters are using teamwork!
Superheros use teamwork all the time, too. In The Avengers, heroes like Thor and Ironman work together to save the world from supervillains. Sometimes it's hard, but they learn to cooperate with each other and bring their talents together to reach a goal.

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Let's have some fun and engage in some activities that can help you learn to work as part of a team.
Partner Drawing
You'll need a pad of paper and a pencil for this activity. You and your partner stand with your backs against each other. One person gives directions on what to draw, while the other person draws according to the directions. For example, one partner may describe two short vertical lines and two long horizontal lines, all connected by four corners. Can you guess what shape is being described? A rectangle!
Keep taking turns, one person drawing and one person describing the shapes, and see how many shapes your partner and you can get right. This is a great way to start to understand how your partner thinks.
Partner Squats
In this teamwork activity, you and your partner sit back to back with your arms locked into each other at the elbows. Together, you need to develop a way to stand up without unlocking your arms from each other or falling over! You'll need to use patience, trust, and cooperation to stand up successfully and then try to sit back down. Have fun and remember to work together as a team.
Partner Puzzle Solving
You and your partner must work together to build a puzzle. Each person will take a turn finding a piece of the puzzle and placing it in the correct spot. Work as fast as you can, and see how quickly you and your partner can work together to complete the puzzle. Continue this teamwork activity with different puzzles.
Lesson Summary
Teamwork is working together or cooperating with others to get to an end goal. You can find examples of teamwork in games, television shows, and sports, among other aspects of life. Some great teamwork activities you can do include partner drawing, squats, and puzzle solving.
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Teamwork: Lesson for Kids
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