Inside: Use this Kindness Vocabulary Activity to help teach sel curriculum and kindness concepts in a hands-on and fun way for students. I remember one of my least favorite parts in school was when we were required to memorize a whole list of new vocabulary words with an impending test around the corner. The words […]
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Christmas Kindness Activity with a Kind Or Unkind Sort
Inside: Use this Christmas Kindness Activity Kind or Unkind Sort to help kids determine what is kind and what is not kind. Christmas time is a magical time. Maybe it’s the lights or the anticipation of the gift-giving and the gift-receiving or maybe it’s because we get pass down the traditions we had as kids. […]
How to Celebrate Student Kindness with These 6 Fun Ideas
Inside: Fun ways teachers can encourage and celebrate student kindness by using positive reinforcement, praise, encouragement, and “rewards.” When I was getting my teaching credential, the first class they made us take wasn’t on how to teach reading or how to teach math. It was on classroom management. We knew from the beginning that if […]
Encourage and Reward Kindness in Your Classroom with Sweet Ingredients
Inside: Want to reward kindness in your classroom in a sweet way? Use these sweet ingredients as positive reinforcement. When I taught third grade, I had a group of students who absolutely refused to do their homework. Now, homework is not the most important part of being a student, but it did teach them responsibility […]
Encourage and Reward Classroom Kindness with this Pizza Kindness
Inside: Reward classroom kindness and build classroom community with this Pizza Kindness as kids work towards earning a pizza party in real life. When I was a kid, the highlight of my month was turning in my ‘Book It’ Reading Log to earn my free pizza. Pizza made reading even better. And since I earned […]