Medium of Exchange

A medium of exchange is an activity, a topic, or a shared experience that promotes student interaction, engagement, and friendships. In the beginning, adult(s) may have to facilitate medium of exchange activities. Once students are comfortable with each other and a friendship begins to develop they will discover their own mediums of exchange.

With repeated opportunities together, students find they share common interests, including topics they both enjoy, shared classroom experiences, and mutual interests in games and extracurricular activities.

Simply put, medium of exchange activities are just fun things that bring students together. Get creative!

Discuss Ideas with Your Team

Discuss ideas with your Peer to Peer team to ensure that the LINK peer partners and focus students have materials and/or opportunities to interact with each other. In the early stages, this must be set up by the adults. 

• Some ideas include, but are not limited to:

  • Create activities using the focus student’s passions and interests

  • STEM Activities

  • YouTube videos

  • Music

  • Board or Card Games

  • Recess games and playground equipment

  • Crafts or Art

  • Scavenger Hunt

  • Video Games

  • Therapy Dogs (local or district provided)

  • Escape Rooms

  • Minute to Win-It Activities

  • Link Boxes to Facilitate Group Activities - Each LINKS Box is an all-in-one set of materials for a LINKS teacher to use with students for an entire month. This includes connection activities, energizer activities, weekly awards, and a materials list. 

    • LINKS Box Guide

    • Video Explanation

    • LINK Boxes

  • Beyond the School Day - During the school year, we focus on connecting students with each other, however, when students are at home, during weekends or breaks, this becomes more difficult. Helping students make social connections with peers remains critical.