Inside: Pick something off this list of family-friendly volunteer opportunities to spread kindness and participate in community service projects with your kids. My kids and I were sneaking in some fast food dinner in between karate and scouts. We were meeting my husband and exchanging kids and gear in a parking lot. It was just […]
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How to Encourage Kids to Be Kind When Kids are Mean to Them
Inside: Teaching our kids to remain kind when others are unkind to them is the hardest part of intentionally raising kind kids. But there are ways we can help our kids to be kind when others are mean to them. It just takes these three tricks. And a lot of repetition. “I’ll be kind when […]
16 of the Best Winter-Themed Classroom Holiday Party Activities
Inside: Host a classroom holiday party in your kids’ classrooms or scout groups with low-prep, low-mess, low-cost games, activities, and crafts. Most room parents are busy planning or scrambling to plan, the very best, most awesome holiday party for their kids’ classrooms. And I was tasked with the same job, but for my kids’ whole school. […]
24 Christmas Kindness Activities to Raise Kinder Kids this December
Help your kids focus on kindness this December with these 24 daily Christmas Kindness Activities that can be turned into a Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar. Every December, we hear about the Naughty and Nice list. Kids get threatened with coal in their stockings, and we sing songs about Santa who “sees you when you’re sleeping, […]
10 of the Best and Most Meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities
Inside: Help your kids focus on what they’re really grateful for this November with these 10 meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities your family will love. Teaching our kids to be grateful and to appreciate the list of things they have in their lives is a year-long endeavor. Gratitude is not meant to only be taught once […]