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 […]
5 Tips to Help Your Kids Deal with Mean Kids Without Being Mean
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 […]
Hanukkah Kindness Emergent Reader Set for SEL
Inside: Use this Hanukkah Kindness Interactive Emergent Reader to focus on kindness during the eight nights of Hanukkah. Growing up in an interfaith family, I always loved December because I got Hanukkah and Christmas celebrations, decorations, and traditions. And while I absolutely love Christmas, since I’m Jewish I tend to “protect” Hanukkah from the Christmas. […]