Become a Leader and Help Others Succeed

Good leaders help others when there are problems. You can be a leader by helping friends share toys or organizing games at recess. Leaders also listen to others and include everyone in activities.

When you see someone who needs help, you can show leadership by offering to help them. Leaders are kind and think about how to make things better for everyone around them.

You can show leadership in many ways every day. When friends are arguing, you can help them solve the problem by suggesting they take turns. You can organize activities like cleaning up the classroom or feeding the class pet.

Leaders also help new students feel welcome by including them in games and showing them around school. You can be a leader by sharing your supplies and helping classmates who are confused about what to do.

Leader: A person who helps others and guides them to work together as a team.

Solving: Finding answers to problems or fixing things that are not working well.

Including: Making sure everyone gets to join in and no one feels left out.

Action: Doing something to help or fix a problem instead of just waiting.

Shows: Teaching others by doing something so they can learn how to do it too.

Confident: Feeling sure and comfortable about what you need to do.

Organizing: Making plans and putting things in order so everyone knows what to do.

You can practice being a leader by helping organize your classroom library or making a chart for classroom jobs. Try helping friends solve problems during recess by suggesting fair solutions like taking turns.

Look for ways to include others who might feel left out. You can invite someone new to join your group or help a classmate who seems confused about directions.

You already know about being a good citizen and being a good classmate. These skills help you become a leader. You also learned about community leaders and their roles, which shows you examples of leadership.

Your experience with helping others and working together gives you the foundation you need to be a good leader yourself.

Being a leader connects to many other important skills. You will use your leadership skills when working in groups and learning about leaders and their roles in your community.

Leadership helps you with making group decisions and solving problems that come up in your classroom and community. You will also use leadership when learning about responsibilities of citizens and following community rules.

As you grow, your leadership skills will help you understand civic organizations, practice team building, and learn project planning. You will also use leadership to help with improving communities around you.