Inside: Use this Thanksgiving Kindness Emergent Reader to show all the ways kids can be kind, helpful and generous during Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving time, if we protect it from getting overshadowed by the excitement of the winter holidays that follow right after, can be a magical time for families. We spend time together, dust off old […]
Halloween Kindness Paper Chain Countdown to Halloween
Inside: Countdown to Halloween and focus on kindness at the same time by using this Kindness Countdown to Halloween Paper Chain. October to December for any school year is especially crazy as we all try to teach all the things and celebrate all the holidays. Halloween to Winter Break can often feel like a blur […]
Deal with Mean Kids Without Being Mean: 5 Must Know Tips
Inside: 5 tips all parents need to know to deal with mean kids, unkind kids, or bullies while helping our kids stay kind. Oh my god. You can’t even cross the monkey bars yet? You’re such a baby. You can’t play with us because you don’t even know that velcro shoes are dumb. We don’t […]
Friendship Checklist to Help Kids Find Great, Real Friends
Inside: Help kids figure out who their great, true, real friends are with this friendship checklist they can use to decide for themselves. When I was in middle school, I had a few friends my mom didn’t like. She told me she would let me decide if I was going to continue my friendship with […]
Kindness Turkeys: Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use the kindness turkeys activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way this fall. On November 1st, the crumply, moldy jack o’lanterns get sent to the trashcans and we bring out the turkeys and Pilgrims. We have to put away the witches and the bats, but we can still keep the holiday […]