Inside: Use The Friendship Farm Curriculum Bundle for Social Emotional Learning to connect farm animals to friendship and kindness. When my kids were in preschool and kindergarten, one of our go-to field trips was to our local farm every fall and spring. In the fall, we would pick pumpkins and in the spring we would […]
Books You Need to Raise Kind Kids and Encourage More Kindness
Inside: When we purposefully raise kind kids, one simple way to do it is to read books with messages about kindness and friendship. These are the must-have books you need to raise kind kids plus discussion starter questions about friendship and how to be a kind person. Kindness needs to be explicitly taught. It needs […]
Celebrate Differences and Diversity with the Rainbow Colors of Me
Inside: Celebrate differences and diversity with the Rainbow of Me free printable to help kids see how colorful our world is. During the height of the pandemic, we decided to homeschool our kids for a year rather than do online learning through the schools. And for the first time since they were super little kids, […]
How to Teach Kids to Be Considerate and Mindful of Others
Inside: Raising Kind Kids has to include raising our kids to be considerate and mindful of others. This has a list of ideas of how you can you teach your kids to be more considerate and mindful of others. Yesterday I was in a last minute IEP meeting for my daughter. It was a just […]
Morning Meeting SEL Activities for Educators
Inside: 11 Morning Meeting SEL Activities for Educators to use to start the day with more kindness and connect with students. When I taught Kindergarten, I cherished my morning meeting time with my students. It was a great way to start the day off, connect with students, get them excited about the day, and sneak […]