JEALOUSY ACTIVITIES Green-Eyed Monster Digital Game Girl Drama Friendship SEL

Have you noticed jealousy creeping into your students’ friendships? Whether it’s feeling left out, comparing themselves to others, or struggling when a friend gets something they wanted, jealousy can be a tricky emotion for young girls to navigate.

Our Green-Eyed Monster is our fun, interactive jealousy and friendship counseling game for girls in Grades 3–5. Through relatable friendship scenarios, engaging questions, and guided discussions, students explore what jealousy feels like, how it can affect friendships, and healthy ways to manage those big emotions.

Perfect for elementary school counseling, girls’ friendship groups, small group counseling, SEL lessons, and individual counseling sessions, ou ready-to-play PowerPoint game helps students build emotional awareness, manage social comparisons, and strengthen their friendship skills — all while having fun!

HOW IT WORKS

• Play directly in PowerPoint, no special software required
• Choose 2 to 10 teams for any group size
• Teams pick a topic and point value, talk it through, and answer out loud
• Reveal the answer with one click and add points to the scoreboard
• Used questions disappear from the board
• Press RESET to play again and again

GAME FEATURES

25 discussion questions across 5 topics, with point values from 100 to 500:

1. Meet the Green-Eyed Monster: what jealousy is, why it shows up, and how it feels in our thoughts and bodies.
2. The Comparison Trap: comparing belongings, talents, grades, and looks, and how to break the comparison habit.
3. When Jealousy Takes Over: how jealousy can lead to unkind words, ignoring, or leaving others out, and how to make things right.
4. Friendship & Rivalry: feeling left out or replaced, friendly competition, and sharing feelings kindly.
5. Taming the Monster: calming strategies, kind self-talk, gratitude, and handling mixed feelings.

WHY COUNSELORS & TEACHERS LOVE IT

• Normalizes jealousy while teaching healthy, kind responses
• Builds emotional awareness, self-esteem, and friendship skills
• Real-life scenarios girls recognize from their own friendships
• Gets honest conversations going in a fun, low-pressure way
• No prep: open it and play

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• The Green-Eyed Monster interactive PowerPoint game
• Terms of Use

IMPORTANT TECH NOTE

This resource requires the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows or Mac). It is not compatible with Google Slides, PowerPoint Online, or Chromebooks without PowerPoint installed. Please click “Enable Content” when the file opens so the scoreboard works.