Inside: Fun ways teachers can encourage and celebrate student kindness by using positive reinforcement, praise, encouragement, and “rewards.” When I was getting my teaching credential, the first class they made us take wasn’t on how to teach reading or how to teach math. It was on classroom management. We knew from the beginning that if […]
Raising Kind Kids
Encourage and Reward Kindness in Your Classroom with Sweet Ingredients
Inside: Want to reward kindness in your classroom in a sweet way? Use these sweet ingredients as positive reinforcement. When I taught third grade, I had a group of students who absolutely refused to do their homework. Now, homework is not the most important part of being a student, but it did teach them responsibility […]
Encourage and Reward Classroom Kindness with this Pizza Kindness
Inside: Reward classroom kindness and build classroom community with this Pizza Kindness as kids work towards earning a pizza party in real life. When I was a kid, the highlight of my month was turning in my ‘Book It’ Reading Log to earn my free pizza. Pizza made reading even better. And since I earned […]
Kindness Hot Cocoa: Kind or Unkind Sort SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use this kindness hot cocoa hands-on activity to help students decide what is kind and what is not kind in this sel curriculum sort for winter. Winter to me has always involved lots and lots of hot cocoa. My kids know that on cold, blustery mornings, they’re usually getting hot cocoa with big marshmallows, […]
How to Help Kids Focus on Giving and Less on the Gimmes
Inside: Use these free printables to help kids combat the gimmes and focus on giving. Every time they write down something they want on their wish list, they can add something they want to give away. The last time I took my kids to the store, they immediately found the toy section. Oooh, I want […]