Inside: Use this Christmas Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind this December. December is the most wonderful time of the year. Well, maybe. For our kids, it can feel overwhelming, overstimulating, and overscheduled. One simple way to slow December and the holiday craziness down is […]
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Turkey Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Turkey Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids many chances to practice kindness this November. Thanksgiving has got to be my least favorite holiday… me, I’m just counting down the minutes until I can decorate for the December holidays. But, November is the perfect time to focus on gratitude and […]
Halloween Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Pumpkin Halloween Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids many chances to practice kindness this fall. With crispness in the air, we know that fall is around the corner, and with it, all things pumpkin flavored. As someone who loves pumpkin spiced lattes and pumpkin pie and pumpkin patch visits, […]
Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind. As we head into back to school season, teachers are setting up classrooms, creating lesson plans, and unjamming the copier. But they’re also spending time getting their class lists and crossing their […]
Pizza Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Pizza Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind. When I was a kid, the best reward was a pizza party. If we did our homework, we could earn a pizza party. If we were celebrating a holiday, we had a pizza party. We […]