Inside: Use this year long Kindness Craft and Write Bundle to tie in reading, writing, holidays and social emotional skills each month. Elementary schools revolve around the seasons. Yes, we teach reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic, but we infuse the holidays and seasons into almost everything we teach. Since our students are excited about the pumpkins […]
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Mother’s Day Emergent Reader: I am Kind to My Mom
Inside: Use this I am Kind to Mom Mother’s Day Emergent Reader to celebrate all the ways we can be kind to moms and mother figures. When I worked as a florist in college, the busiest day wasn’t Valentine’s Day. It was Mother’s Day. Around the world, people young and old show kindness and love […]
Be Kind to Earth Day Kindness Pact to Celebrate Earth Day
Inside: Use this Be Kind to Earth Pact to help kids be kind to Earth and learn ways they can help protect the planet. When I was a kid, Earth Day wasn’t a thing. The first official Earth Day started years before I was born in 1970, yet we didn’t learn about it or talk […]
Easter Kindness Role Playing Cards to Practice Kindness
Inside: Use these Easter kindness Role Playing Cards with kids to practice how to be kind towards others on Easter. While there is no one way to be kind, there are many ways to be unkind. And nothing could be truer than during Easter when kids are super excited, hyped up on candy, and also […]
A Year of Kindness Crafts to Focus on Social Emotional Learning
Inside: Use this list of 12 kindness crafts you can use throughout the year to tie social emotional learning to each holiday. As an elementary school teacher, we planned everything month to month, based on the holidays of that month. I still know that in February, we covered Groundhog Day and seasons, President’s Day, Black […]