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, […]
Raising Kind Kids
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 […]
Kindness Activities for Kids: 21 Ideas to Spread Kindness
Inside: Use these kindness activities for kids to give kids ways they can speak and act with kindness more often in fun ways. Kindness is a verb. It’s something we have to do. So while we can read kindness books and talk about kindness (which is important), we ALSO have to give kids actual opportunities […]
Women’s History Month Emergent Reader for SEL
Inside: Use this Women’s History Month Emergent Reader to focus on and learn about amazing women during Women’s History Month in March. It took me longer than I care to admit when I realized not every girl is proud to be a girl. Not every girl was told she could do anything or be anything. […]
Year of Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for Elementary
Inside: Use this year of social emotional learning curriculum to intentionally teach 12 concepts: kindness, empathy, antibullying, gratitude, sportsmanship, etc. If we want kind students and kind classrooms, we have to create positive classroom environments and intentionally teach social emotional learning. Related: How to Encourage Kindness in Your Classroom And while we are required to […]