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Kindness Pumpkins Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum

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Inside: Use this kindness pumpkins hands-on activity to help students decide what is kind and what is not kind in this sel curriculum sort. 


Fall to me has always involved pumpkins, lots and lots of pumpkins. 

It helps that I love all things pumpkin spice so I’m already craving pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pie and pumpkin pancakes just writing this. 

But since my mom’s birthday was on Halloween, we always had tons and tons of pumpkins around us in the fall. 

It’s the vegetable-fruit that keeps on giving all through October and November. The only thing my family hasn’t done yet with pumpkins is try to grow them. 

And whenever we can connect pumpkins with learning, it makes everything a little more fun and a little more hands-on for our kids.

So we’re connecting pumpkins to social emotional learning and character education by helping kids decide what is kind and what is not with our Kindness Pumpkins Kind or Unkind Sort. 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

Great Ways to Teach SEL in the Fall:

The beauty of teaching social emotional learning and character education is that it can be taught anywhere, to any grade, for any amount of time. And it connects to any holiday, season, or “traditional” curriculum like reading and writing. 

Related: Why Should Teachers Teach SEL? 8 Reasons here! 

So while you can teach kindness at any time of the year, fall is a great time to dig in; with kids coming back to school and meeting new friends and dealing with new social situations. 

To connect social emotional learning to fall we use things like our Gratitude Pumpkin and our Printable Gratitude Pumpkin and our Gratitude Kindness Notes. 

 We also use this Fall Kindness Challenge where we do a fall-themed act of kindness every week, all throughout autumn. 

We also love to use our fall-themed kind or unkind sorts like our Kindness Apples, our Kindness Leaves, and this Kindness Pumpkins Activity. 

How to Use the Kindness Pumpkins: 

1. Purchase and print the cards and the Kind or Not Kind Gates on cardstock paper.

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

2. If you print them in black and white, you can color in the cards first. Make sure to use skin color crayons like these to ensure the students on the pumpkin cards are diverse. 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

3. Cut apart the cards.

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

4. Go over the pictures on the cards to ensure children understand what the picture depicts. You can use these as discussion starters before or after the activity.

5. The students will sort the cards by kind actions or unkind actions by placing the cards near the correct gate. 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.  

They can do this during independent centers, small groups, or as a whole group in a pocket chart. 

6. To follow up on the activity, students can complete the worksheet to show their understanding. 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

7. To connect this sel activity to writing standards, students can draw a picture and write how they will choose to be kind this season. Pre-writers can dictate their sentences. 

 Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.       Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

Ready to Use the Kindness Pumpkins Kind or Unkind Sort Activity? 

Grab it in on our online store.

Grab it on Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Want MORE? Grab our Fall Kind or Unkind Sort Bundle that includes pumpkins, apples and kindness leaves. 

 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

 

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.

Use this kindness pumpkin hands-on sel activity to help kids determine what is kind and what is not.


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I’m Nicole and I am a recovering elementary school teacher, a mom to three super busy kids, and I mostly survive on strong coffee.

I share my best parenting tips and tricks for intentionally raising kind kids, creating a stronger family connection, and bullying prevention.

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