Inside: Teach kids how to be kind more often with this trash or kindness game that lets them decide if social interactions are unkind, rude or kind. I visited my daughter’s school to volunteer and had some extra time to watch my kids play on the yard afterward. Observing a playground watching kids play always […]
Raising Kind Kids
Thanksgiving Kindness Emergent Reader Book to Focus on SEL
Inside: Use this Thanksgiving Kindness Emergent Reader to show all the ways kids can be kind, helpful and generous during Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving time, if we protect it from getting overshadowed by the excitement of the winter holidays that follow right after, can be a magical time for families. We spend time together, dust off old […]
Christmas Handprint Crafts to Spread Kindness this Winter
Inside: Use these Christmas handprint kindness Crafts as a way to celebrate Christmas and spread some kindness in your community. Every December I dig out my Christmas and Hanukkah boxes and bins and decorate my home because I love everything about the December holidays. And one of my favorite ways to decorate for the holiday […]
Halloween Kindness Paper Chain Countdown to Halloween
Inside: Countdown to Halloween and focus on kindness at the same time by using this Kindness Countdown to Halloween Paper Chain. October to December for any school year is especially crazy as we all try to teach all the things and celebrate all the holidays. Halloween to Winter Break can often feel like a blur […]
Deal with Mean Kids Without Being Mean: 5 Must Know Tips
Inside: 5 tips all parents need to know to deal with mean kids, unkind kids, or bullies while helping our kids stay kind. Oh my god. You can’t even cross the monkey bars yet? You’re such a baby. You can’t play with us because you don’t even know that velcro shoes are dumb. We don’t […]