Inside: What is kindness? Use this explanation to help explain it to kids. When I asked a group of kids what kindness meant, they couldn’t really give me a definition. But they could give me examples of what kindness has felt like to them: My brother shared a lick of his ice cream with me. […]
Raising Kind Kids
Four Seasons Kindness Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Inside: Teach all about the four seasons at the same time you teach social emotional skills with this Four Seasons Kindness SEL Bundle. When I was a Kindergarten teacher, much of the curriculum included teaching by the seasons. We taught them about cycles and weather and holidays and appropriate clothing to wear all year long. […]
Friendship Cards Kids Can Give to Friends
Inside: Use these Friendship Cards to pass out to friends and give as kindness notes to new friends. Some of my most treasured mementos are sweet note cards from my friends. And while most of them came during Valentine’s Day, there’s no need to wait until Valentine’s Day to send a sweet note to friends. […]
Kindness Countdown Calendars Printables for All Year
Inside: Use these Kindness Countdown Calendars Printables Paper Chains to spread kindness each day and countdown to the next holiday or school break. It seems like every time we finish a holiday…and I mean the second we wake up the next day…my kids want to know how many days are left until the next holiday. […]
ABCs of Kindness Emergent Reader
Inside: Use this ABCs of Kindness Emergent Reader to connect the alphabet and kindness together, focusing on 26 ways to be kind, from A-Z. When I taught Kindergarten, our focus was first and foremost, mastery of the alphabet and it’s sounds. So we used everything at our disposal: songs, games, poems, gross motor activities, centers, […]