A Powerful Resource
On The Plus Side
A Positively Life Changing Game
Giving children the lifetime gift of positive thinking.
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In the Classroom
More Than Just a Game!
A powerful and flexible resource for the classroom — and anywhere people gather.
- A "state" changer between activities
- Bringing fun and laughter into lessons
- Creating a sense of community
- Building social skills
- Adding a spark to those lessons at the end of a day
- Developing a solution-focused mindset
- Encouraging adaptability and resilience
- A powerful reframing tool
- And it is a game!
"Those with flexibility in their thinking tend to be the happiest and most successful in life and at work"
All About the Plus Side
Simple, Fun, and Uplifting
A versatile game you can play easily and quickly, anywhere and anytime — use and play in as many different ways as you can imagine.
Our Vision
Give children the resources to grow and develop into happy, balanced, productive, decent human beings.
On The Plus Side draws on all the current ground-breaking research in resiliency, developing gratitude, emotional intelligence, neuroscience and positive psychology.
Resilience & Positivity
Building Resilience Through Play
On The Plus Side gives children and adults a safe and fun way to develop positive thinking, see the humour in adversity, and find new ways to look at a situation — and therefore, its possible solutions.
Research shows that for people to develop a more balanced response to life's situations, they need to challenge their reflexive thoughts and self-talk, and create a 3-to-1 ratio of positive to negative experiences to thrive and be optimally productive.
On The Plus Side makes that practice simple, regular, and fun.
How to Play
Three Ways to Play
The deck contains 78 scenarios mixing everyday situations with imaginative prompts. Choose from three play modes depending on your group.
Speed Game
Pairs
Move through as many card scenarios as possible in one minute.
One player reads a card; their partner suggests a plus side quickly. Players alternate roles and continue for 60 seconds.
Tally the Plus Sides
Groups of 2–200
Come up with as many Plus Sides as possible to one scenario in one minute.
One person reads a scenario aloud; players take turns suggesting plus sides while someone tracks the count. Switch scenarios and try to beat your previous total.
Plus Side 360
Small or Large Groups
Go around a circle three times using as few card scenarios as possible.
Players form a circle and rotate turns, each suggesting one plus side. A new card is read when a plus side repeats or a 10-second delay occurs.
Even just 5 minutes of daily play builds growth mindset thinking and emotional resilience over time.
Gratitude
Developing an Attitude of Gratitude
Children and adults who regularly play On The Plus Side naturally develop an attitude of gratitude. The very act of focusing on "Plus Sides" to different scenarios means participants are looking for the positives and what they can appreciate in every situation.
Extensive research by Robert Emmons (University of California) and Michael McCullough (University of Miami) has demonstrated the profound and lasting benefits of a daily practice of gratitude.
"In our family it has led to a lovely new bedtime routine before our story and a new vocabulary for dealing with life's little setbacks. We think it's fab!"
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Ready to Start Playing?
On The Plus Side is a simple yet powerful resource to incorporate easily into your child's life, whether in the classroom or at home. Purchase the physical card deck from the Plus Side website.
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