Howard B Wigglebottom Learns About Sportsmanship | Resiliency Lesson | Teamwork
Struggling with students who have difficulty taking turns, losing gracefully, or showing kindness during games and activities?
This engaging K–2 SEL lesson uses Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Sportsmanship to help students understand what it means to be a good sport and practice making respectful, fair, and kind choices.
This ready-to-use, print-and-teach resource gives you everything you need to teach sportsmanship in a way young students can understand and apply.
What's Included
- Detailed lesson plan (ASCA & CASEL aligned)
- Lesson-at-a-Glance guide
- Teaching Script at a Glance for easy delivery
- 4 interactive sportsmanship activities
- Scenario cards for sorting, role-play, and discussion
- “Ways to Use the Scenario Cards” teacher guide
- Color-by-code activity
- Cut & sort activity
- Draw and reflect worksheet
- “I Can Be a Good Sport” planning page
- Student reflection pages
- Classroom posters (color + black & white)
- Home Connections family letter
How this Helps
This lesson helps students:
- Understand what good sportsmanship looks like
- Recognize fair and unfair behavior
- Practice taking turns and working as a team
- Learn how to respond appropriately when winning or losing
- Build self-control and respectful behavior during games
Using relatable examples and hands-on activities, students learn that sportsmanship is not just about games—it’s about how we treat others.
Flexible & Easy to Use
The included scenario cards can be used in multiple ways, including:
- Sorting activities
- Role-play practice
- Whole group discussion
- Small group games
- Partner work and independent practice
This makes the resource easy to reuse throughout the year in lessons, centers, and counseling sessions.
Perfect for
- Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
- School Counselors
- Classroom Teachers
- SEL Lessons
- Small Groups
- Behavior Support Lessons
- Homeschool Learning
Why Teachers & Counselors Love This
This is a structured, low-prep lesson you can use right away.
Everything is designed to keep students engaged while giving them real strategies they can use during games, recess, and everyday interactions.
BONUS
The animated version of the book is available for free at wedolisten.org.
NOTE
Lesson shared with permission from author Howard Binkow.
Part of the Howard B. Wigglebottom SEL Lesson Series for K–2.
