Inside: Spread Christmas Kindness with the Kindness Elves when they bring suggestions for ways to show kindness to your friends, family, and community. We love the magic of Christmas in our home. We love it so much in fact, each year we bust out our holiday decorations a little earlier. This year, we’re ready to go […]
Raising Kind Kids
Create a Positive Classroom Environment in Under 5 Minutes
Inside: Use these 12 quick ways to create a positive classroom environment to increase kindness and support so students feel safe and ready to learn. School has been in session for a while now and we’ve learned our kids’ names and taught them our routines and procedures. They know where to find the pencils and […]
8 Days of Hanukkah Kindness Activities to Spread Kindness
Help spread kindness this Hanukkah with these 8 nights of Hanukkah Kindness Activities… one for every night you light the candles. Tikkun Olam…repairing the world through acts of kindness is one of the main Jewish principles we teach our children. But Tikkun Olam can’t only be focused on during holidays. Raising kind kids who want to […]
How to Help Kids Use Role Playing to Meet New Friends
Inside: Use this role playing to meet new friends printable to help kids practice different ways to break the ice and meet a potential new friend. I took my kids to the park and I started to panic because I couldn’t find my youngest. But I shouldn’t have worried. She was only in search of […]
How to Use These Classroom Rules Posters to Set Clear Expectations
Use these classroom rules posters to set clear expectations in your classroom and help build a positive classroom environment. My first year teaching as I set up my Kindergarten classroom, my mentor teacher suggested that instead of posting the rules, I asked the kids what they thought the classroom rules should be. So I did […]