Dig into the complexities of relationships with Maca & Roni

Helping our students navigate the ups and downs of relationships

Hopefully, we have all settled into 2025 – in both our personal and work lives. 🌟 In my last newsletter, I featured some activities with Maca & Roni. I heard back from quite a few of you, telling me how helpful the suggestions were, so I thought I’d stay with the Maca & Roni theme – but this time focus on some interpersonal, social, and relationship experiences that give us great material. 🤝✨

The characters of Maca and Roni remind me of Ernie and Bert – and as such, are very sibling-like. 👨‍👩‍👧 As workers in Dr. Albert’s lab 🧪🔬, where they appear to also live, they are constantly getting themselves into tricky situations. 😅 One way or another, and with varying degrees of success, they seem to always extricate themselves. 🌀 While they very much care for each other, they also experience uncomfortable feelings toward each other with relative frequency. 😤😅 Thus, Maca and Roni, and their relationship, give us great social learning material!

Let’s check out some more examples:

1. Pretending to like something to make the other person want some. M&R Snack Battle

2. “Buttering someone up” (also known as manipulation) M&R Fancy Painting

3. Making plans to try to stay out of trouble. M&R Cleaning

4. Staying regulated when feeling competitive. M&R Jenga

5. Collaboration when problem solving. M&R Cleaning

6. NOT getting along. M&R Jenga

7. Being resilient. M&R Dominoes

8. Escalating feelings! M&R Snowball Fight

Have you found other wonderful ways to use Maca & Roni? 📸✨ Snap a screenshot or photo and send them in so we can all share! 📨 Countless opportunities to discuss so much about social interactions with these two characters – thanks again to creator Kyungmin Woo! 🙏🎉

Do well. Be well. 🌈 I hope your 2025 brings you joy. 💖