Inside: Encourage kids to be upstanders and feel empowered to stand up to bullying behavior with this anti bullying pledge. My niece just started Kindergarten and as I was chatting with my sister, she mentioned that another kid, a 5 year old, was being bullied. It happens every day, on playgrounds around the world, and […]
I am Kind at School Emergent Reader Freebie
Inside: Use this I am Kind at School Kindness Emergent Reader Freebie to teach sel curriculum to your students and connect character education with reading skills. One of the hardest parts of being a teacher is being given a list of the curriculum we have to cover and then we’re handed an extra list we […]
How to Make Kindness Rocks to Spread Happiness
Inside: Want a simple way to spread the message of kindness with your kids? Help them make these kindness rocks and hide kind messages for others to find. I took my kids to a fast food restaurant today and there was a young adult who worked there who offered to help us. He greeted us […]
The Friendship Farm Curriculum Bundle for SEL
Inside: Use The Friendship Farm Curriculum Bundle for Social Emotional Learning to connect farm animals to friendship and kindness. When my kids were in preschool and kindergarten, one of our go-to field trips was to our local farm every fall and spring. In the fall, we would pick pumpkins and in the spring we would […]
Books You Need to Raise Kind Kids and Encourage More Kindness
Inside: When we purposefully raise kind kids, one simple way to do it is to read books with messages about kindness and friendship. These are the must-have books you need to raise kind kids plus discussion starter questions about friendship and how to be a kind person. Kindness needs to be explicitly taught. It needs […]