Description
Win-Loss Card Flip: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Primary Social Domain: Sportsmanship
Support healthy sportsmanship and build tolerance for both winning and losing with this fun twist on the classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Instead of players choosing hand signs, cards are flipped at random, placing the outcome entirely on chance. This structure helps de-personalize losses, reduce competitiveness directed at peers, and create a neutral, emotionally safer way to practice handling outcomes.
Although simple and playful, the activity is grounded in evidence-based practices. By creating frequent, rapid cycles of wins and losses, the game provides graduated exposure to an emotionally challenging experience which is an approach supported by research on desensitization, flexibility, and coping skill development. Because outcomes are luck-based rather than skill-based, learners experience repeated opportunities to accept results they cannot control, which aligns with research on reducing performance pressure, decreasing attribution of blame, and increasing emotion regulation in social play.
Designed for kindergarten and up, this game is ideal for any elementary-aged learner who benefits from structured support in managing disappointment, celebrating others’ successes, and participating with good sportsmanship. Its quick rounds and neutral mechanics make it an especially effective tool for social learning groups, classrooms, therapy sessions, or family game time.
A simple, engaging way to promote resilience, emotional regulation, and positive peer interactions; one flip at a time!





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