Inside: Use this kindness crossword puzzle to help teach kindness vocabulary and as a supplement to your sel curriculum and character education. When I was a young adult, I got on a crossword puzzle kick with my husband and best friend. We were constantly trying to solve the puzzles together to keep our brains active […]
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Indigenous Peoples Day: How to Show Honor and Respect and Kindness
Inside: Use this to help our students honor, celebrate and acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day with kindness and respect. When I grew up, we learned all about The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria. We learned about the ‘great’ discovery of Christopher Columbus and we loved having a day off from school every October. As […]
Kindness Pumpkins Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use this kindness pumpkins hands-on activity to help students decide what is kind and what is not kind in this sel curriculum sort. Fall to me has always involved pumpkins, lots and lots of pumpkins. It helps that I love all things pumpkin spice so I’m already craving pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pie […]
Kindness Certificates to Recognize and Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use these Kindness Certificates to recognize and “reward” kind behavior so the positive reinforcement continues to encourage more kindness. I’ll never forget the pride I felt when at the school assembly of 500+ kids, when my name was called out. I was being awarded the citizen of the month for my classroom. Citizen of […]
Kindness Activity Give Me 5 and Kindness Eposter
Inside: Use this Give Me 5 Kindness Activity with kindness affirmations and a kindness ePoster to add to your sel curriculum and character education. When I taught in Kindergarten, my main goal for the first month was to get them to pay attention. So I would ask them to “Give Me 5.” It would help […]