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Singing is good for your soul and makes you happy. It is also something most kids love to do, so adding some kindness songs to your morning circle is sure to be a hit. Songs are also a catchy way for kids to remember important messages.
Children can think more about specific ways they can show themselves some kindness using our lovely Being Kind to Yourself Worksheet, which contains lots of examples for inspiration. This Self-Care Calendar for Children is also full of brilliant ideas of ways children can look after themselves. Having a class discussion about self-care and being kind to yourself will help all children be heard and share ideas that everyone can benefit from! Some of the less well-known Random Acts of Kindness Day ideas, self-kindness resources are perfect for this special day. Make dinner for a new or lonely neighbor. This homemade taco meat with taco fixings is always a hit! Through various modalities, each kindness lesson is designed to inspire students and allow teachers to feel inspired as well! Challenge students in the class to meet a goal to do kind things for others regularly. A challenge can motivate and excite kids into completing a task and create a positive habit. In this case, the task would be to recognize when others do something nice for them unexpectedly or to surprise others with random acts of kindness.Knowing their feelings are valid and accepted will help them be more understanding and accepting of others. 17. Kindness Spotlight Some of these things require physical items, some require minimal money, and some just require time. The only thing they all require is kindness.
Some of the more common examples of random acts of kindness include paying for someone’s coffee in line behind you, leaving a note of encouragement, or helping a neighbor with a task — and of course there are hundreds upon hundreds of examples that we see students do every day from offering a pencil to a classmate when they don’t have one to carrying a buddy’s lunch tray in the cafeteria. What Is the Origin of Random Acts of Kindness? Doodling on his plaster cast helps to pass the time, along with visits from family (with treats), friends and even Rooster managing to sneak in. Kindness in the Classroom lessons teach kindness skills through a step-by step framework of Share, Inspire, Empower, Act, and Reflect. Each lesson starts with the ‘share’ step to reinforce learning from previous lessons. The ‘act’ piece is woven into the lessons but really takes place in the projects.
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We are very proud to announce that all of our training materials are available online so that anyone can use them! Much of the training is focused on self-care for you—the educator. Specifically, building resilience, gratitude, kindness and reconnecting to what you do best—teaching. (That’s why we titled the training “Kindness in the Classroom®: Cultivating Resilience Through Kindness”.)
Helping others is a great way for kids to see the real and direct effects of kindness. Seeing the joy it brings will encourage them to keep it up. 6. Growing a Plant Kindness is a fantastic quality to have, and we should all try to incorporate more kind acts into our lives. The world could certainly do with more of it.
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By definition, a random act of kindness is a selfless action performed by an individual to help or benefit someone else, without any expectation of recognition or reward. These acts can be small or large and can have a significant impact on the person or people receiving them, as well as the person performing the act. In Weeks 8-16, you will work on a community-based project regarding at least one of these concepts that you identify as low or missing in your community. Through community mapping, analysis, and partnership, you will work together in small groups, planning and executing a community project in service to the deficient or missing concept. Your chief goal is to increase kindness in your community!
In Weeks 2-7, you will learn about the six kindness concepts: Respect, Caring, Inclusiveness, Integrity, Responsibility, and Courage. Not only will you learn about the concepts themselves, you will study them in your community and collect data on what you find. Setting family goals– a fun activity that helps you set family goals together! You could even include doing random acts of kindness as one of your goals!Our students are really excited to focus on kindness. In fact, the Yearbook Club declared kindness as the theme of the entire yearbook. The cover boasts the quote, 'Kindness is the opportunity that we all have everyday to change the world.' The first photos in the yearbook show students displaying signs advertising 'We choose kindness here!' Throughout the yearbook there were even quotes and poems from students about kindness received and given. A worm is a great way for your kids to see kindness in action as the worm gets longer. The fun part is there is no limit on the number of segments you can add. The worm will just get longer and longer. 12. Kindness Bingo Post a “ sprinkle kindness” banner in the classroom as a visual reminder to practice random acts of kindness. The goal is to add to the jar every time someone does a kind act until it is full. Then you can get a reward as a class or family. A kindness jar teaches accountability and kindness. It also helps kids work together as they try to be more kind to each other. 19. Talking About Your Fears
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