What are they?
Each fun and unique deck of The World's Kindest
Playing Cards™ by GivaGeta Smiles™ includes
52 traditional playing cards plus 2 jokers.Each
deck also has 27 matching pairs of "GivaGeta Kindness
Messages". One "GivaGeta" is printed on every card.
Some examples are:
Give a smile . Get a smile™
Give respect . Get respect™
Give friendship . Get friendship™
Give sportsmanship . Get sportsmanship™
Give a song . Get along™
Give teamwork . Get results™
Why are they great?
The World's Kindest Playing Cards help teach important values like friendship, respect, understanding and many other life skills. “It's all about connecting with others” says Cecil Calliste, Wonders Summer Camp, Maryland - a youth development organization. They are interactive and at the same time teach values and life skills.
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They are great for quality downtime or to complement your Youth Development, Character Education, PBS (Positive Behavior Support), Core Value Development and Life Skills programs. They are a positive and fun, memorable way to open the dialogue and create teachable moments. They help get people to talk about things that are meaningful. The World's Kindest Playing Cards are a great supplement for what you are doing in your curriculum or strategy for enhancing your social skills programs.
Many of our youth play cards. Why not have them play with cards that reinforce respect, kindness, friendship, sportsmanship, laughter and more? Help make the world a better place and Give kindness … Get kindness™ while having fun building character values with GivaGeta Smiles.
Where can I buy them?
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Online www.GivaGeta.com |
Wholesale click here |
Fax Order Form 860.633.4117 |
Call 860.657.0770 |
How many editions are there?
Currently there are four editions - Educational, Family, Heavenly, and Corporate.
"... teaches core values in a fun-filled subtle
way ..." - Julie Rockowitz, Camp Director, NY
Schools, Camps, Scouts and
Families around the world use
GivaGeta to supplement youth
development.
Creates Quality Family Time
Helps build strong family values
while creating FUN “family time”
that will be enjoyed by everyone.
Helps Develop Spirituality
For families and faith based
organizations.
Team Build in a FUN Way
For team building and developing
leaders.
What sizes do The World's Kindest Playing Cards™ come in?
They come in three sizes, which are:
How can you use them?
You can use them as a regular deck of playing cards or as a powerful outcome driven resource for individual play, small and large groups in schools, organizations, corporate team building or one for every child or bunk at camp. They are a great supplement for what you are doing in your curriculum or strategy for enhancing your social skills programs.
“GivaGeta is something simple that my counselors can take and teach on the go.”
- Julie T.,Camp Director
You can play traditional card games that also support Character Education and teach Core Values in a fun-filled, subtle way. In addition to playing your favorite card games, included with Standard Size decks are three (3) “GivaGeta” kindness games with the instruction cards.
Experiential Outcome Based Processing Activities
For Team Building, pair them up with the GivaGeta Smiles programming book Give Teamwork … Get Results™ Playing with a Full Deck of The World’s Kindest Playing Cards™. Included are over 15 Core Value Team Activities. This pair is a “Life Skills” Guide for:
| Counselors | Team Leaders |
| Program Managers | Camp Directors |
| Facilitators | Teachers |
The activities in Give Teamwork … Get Results™ are written purposefully to include real life applications for the “Seven Kinds of Smart”. Howard Gardner, originator of the theory of “multiple intelligences” suggests that thoughtful and intentional use of “The Seven Kinds of Smart” helps people to discover, unleash, hone and develop their intellectual strengths.
The color coded “Outcome Based Processing Activities” are great for icebreakers for staff orientation that transfers right over onto the kids at schools, camps or for organizational orientation and corporate team building. The processing activities included are Get to Know You, Energizers, Diversity, Problem Solving, Trust, Processing and Time Fillers.
Give Teamwork … Get Results™ Playing with a Full Deck of The World’s Kindest Playing Cards™,co-author, Michelle Cummings, MS and 2008 Top Ten Trainer shares, “Processing helps learners make connections between their educational experiences and real life and future learning. It helps learners realize that the can apply the lessons they learn and skills they use in a ‘contrived environment’ such as a classroom or challenge course to real life issues such as resolving a conflict with friends, co-workers or significant others. Processing helps create purpose, meaning and focus of an activity. It helps learners take advantage of teachable moments. These tools will help aid in your processing circles.”
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