Circle of Care Virtual Agenda

(Littles) Session 6 Date: 12/17/2020

5:30pm – 6:15pm
Littles Facilitator 1: HOST Cynthia
Littles Facilitator 2: xxx
Littles Facilitator 3: ** manage chat

Death Anniversaries:
Birthdays/Holidays:
Time Description Lead

5:25pm Facilitator 1 (Cynthia)-Play background music give all facilitators co-

host access

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

Facilitator 1 (Cynthia)-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
5:35pm 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.

Each group we start with an opening circle, go over our group

guidelines, have activities that we do together, and then end with a
closing circle.

Facilitator 2: 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. We have some basic agreements that we follow in all of our
groups. (Lead can either put them into the chat or do a share screen
to list and or go over each agreement). When you go over the
agreements it can be helpful to elicit from the kids if they know what
each rule means and give their own definitions. Facilitators will affirm
or add anything that might be missing, and maybe speak to why each
rule is important.

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 3: Opening Circle

Before we start opening a circle does everyone have their own name
on their screen? If not walk them through how to do this.

Facilitator 3: 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. At Circle of Care, we call this person our Special
Person. We also ask a question so that we can get to know each other
a little better.
Facilitator 2: Our opening question is:

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.
At the end of the check in circle Facilitator will thank everyone for
sharing and for being here in circle and introduce who will be
transitioning us to our first activity.

Facilitator 2:
Activity 1: Memory box
Objective: Talk about positive memories kids had with their special
Materials: Paper; pen, pencil, crayons, or markers; a jar or box to put
the strips of paper in.
Set-up: Ask kids to find a comfortable place to write on

Directions:
1. Have the kids either cut 7 strips of paper (**with the help of an
adult) or rip the piece of paper into 7 strips.
2. Instruct them to write or draw out a positive memory they have
with their special person on each one of the strips. (Give them 5-
7 minutes (check in after 5) to complete.)
3. Once they are done writing or drawing their memories, have
them put them into their box or jar.

Debrief:
● How did it feel to think about your special person?
● Would you like to share any of the memories with the group?
● How could this memory be helpful for you?

Brain Break (Cynthia will facilitate):

Objective: Have them take a break in between groups.
Materials: Their own bodies.
Set-up: None
Start by having kids pat their heads only. Stop. Then have them rub
their belly in a circle. Stop. Now have them rub their bellies while they
pat their heads.

Facilitator 3: Activity #2: Holiday Bingo!

Purpose: To have some holiday themed fun

Materials: Bingo card (either printed or written/drawn out), Writing
Utensil
Set Up: None

Directions:
1. Ask everyone if they have their bingo card ready.
2. Explain the rules of bingo.
a. Megan will shout out the phase that is randomly picked
b. Whoever fills up a row or column needs to shout out
BINGO!!

Facilitator 3: Closing Circle- Your Name, name of your special person,

and answer to closing question.
Closing Question: What is one thing you are looking forward to this
month?