Inside: Use this year long Emergent Reader Bundle to tie in reading, writing, holidays and social emotional skills each month. Elementary schools revolve around the holidays. Yes, we teach reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic, but we infuse the holidays into almost everything we teach. Since our students are excited about the pumpkins and the bats and […]
Teaching Kind Kids
Heart Paper Plate Kindness Craft for Valentine’s Day
Inside: Make this paper plate kindness craft this Valentine’s Day and spread kindness by delivering these heart crafts to friends and neighbors. Valentine’s Day was always a fun day as a kid…parties, Valentine’s Day cards from our friends, and of course, candy. And then as a mom, it was always about helping my kids find […]
Martin Luther King Jr Day Emergent Reader for Learning About Kindness
Inside: Use this Martin Luther King Jr Day Emergent Reader to celebrate MLK’s Legacy and his kindness. When we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. when I was a student, we listened to his I Have a Dream Speech and colored in a picture of his face. But we didn’t really get to the meat […]
Winter Kindness Bucket List Activity to Spread Kindness through
Inside: Use this Winter Kindness Bucket List Activity to help kids spread kindness throughout the winter months with easy, kid-friendly activities. Some people love the beginning of winter with Christmas and the lights and the novelty of snow, but by the end of winter, many people are “over it.” I grew up in Los Angeles, […]
Winter SEL Bundles of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Winter SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education during the winter months. We used to live in a part of the country where there was really only one season. So when we taught the seasons to students, we really had to read a lot of books and bring in realia […]