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Kindness Shamrocks: Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum

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Inside: Use this kindness shamrocks activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way this March to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.


I’m about 9% Irish, but during the month of March, the percentage increases and we go big to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We make corned beef and Irish soda bread and look for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers. 

We bring out the green pillows and the gold pieces our kids have collected from the leprechauns over the years and all our shamrocks. 

We also love focusing on March and the luck o’the Irish with our I am Lucky Shamrock Shape Poem and our St. Patrick’s Day Kindness Notes and our March Family Volunteer Challenge. 

All things that help focus on kindness while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

This Kindness Shamrocks Activity is a perfect blend of March and social emotional learning, perfect for St. Patrick’s Day learning.

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

Why Social Emotional Learning is Important 

Social-Emotional Learning is a crucial part of any classroom’s lesson plans. 

Related: Why We Should Teach SEL

It teaches our students problem solving skills, critical thinking skills and positive relationship skills. It builds up their Emotional Intelligence, helps bully-proof them, and research has shown that it improves their academic success. 

Related: How Teachers Can Prevent Bullying

But to make social emotional learning and character education effective, we have to make it consistent, set clear expectations from our students, intentionally teach them the skills they need to be kind, and make it fun. 

To do that we can use Kindness Books like these, our 60 Kindness Conversation Starters, and fun, hands-on sel curriculum like our Kindness Shamrock Kind or Unkind Sort Activity. 

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

What’s Included in the Kindness Shamrock Kind or Sort Activity: 

  • 24 shamrocks with kindness or unkindness clipart in color
  • 24 shamrocks with kindness or unkindness clipart in black and white
  • Kind and Unkind sorting rainbows in color and black and white
  • Kindness worksheet to help kids show what they know and determine what is kind and what is not kind in color and black and white
  • 2 writing sheets: 1 for early writers/prewriters and 1 for writers.

How to Use the Kindness Shamrocks Activity 

1. Purchase and print and laminate the cards and the Kind or Not Kind Rainbows. If you print them in black and white, you can color in
the cards first. We used these skin color crayons! 

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

2. Cut apart the cards.

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

3. 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.

4. The students will sort the cards by kind actions or unkind actions by placing the cards near the correct rainbow. They can work in small groups in centers, independently, or as a whole group with a pocket chart. 

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

5. To follow up the activity, students can complete the worksheet to show their understanding and circle the things that are kind and cross of the things that are unkind. 

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

6. To connect to writing and language arts studies, draw a picture/write how they will choose to be kind this season. Prewriters can dictate their answers and then draw a picture. 

    Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March       Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

Happy spring, happy March, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Ready to get the Kindness Shamrocks Kind or Unkind Sort Activity? 

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

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Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

Use this shamrock kindness game perfect for centers to teach sel and character education during St. Patrick's Day and March

 

Use this apple kindness kind or unkind sort activity to teach sel curriculum in a hands on and fun way, that's perfect for fall.


St. Patrick's Day cards for kids to make to help spread kindness to their family, friends and teacher. These are sweet and lucky kindness activities for kids. #kindnessactivities #stpatricksdayforkids #stpatricksday #kindness #raisingkindkids #printable

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Welcome to Coffee and Carpool: Raising Kind Kids.

I’m Nicole and am a recovering elementary school teacher, a mom to three super busy kids, and the founder of The Raising Kind Kids Club where we share strategies and resources with busy parents and educators to intentionally focus on kindness, family connection, and bullying prevention.

We have hundreds of paid and free done-for-you resources to make teaching kindness and social emotional learning to kids easy, fun, and hands-on. Email me at nicole@coffeeandcarpool.com if there’s a resource that you wish you had.

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