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- Write a note to a classmate or teacher telling them why you appreciate them.
- Thank your custodial staff for keeping your school clean and safe.
- Hold the door for someone behind you.
- Join a classmate who is playing or eating lunch by themself.
- Have A Kindness Merry-Go-Round in Your Class!
- Deliver A Wonderful Assembly About Kindness For Your Children
- Reward Kind Behaviour
- Spend A Lesson Learning About Random Acts of Kindness Day
- Teach Children How to Be Kind to Themselves!
A kindness merry-go-round is a brilliant Random Acts of Kindness Day idea to get all children involved. To create a kindness merry-go-round, each child writes down something nice for the person next to them. They write down the name of the person their note is for and one kind thing about them, such as ‘you’re really good at maths’, ‘you’re fun to ...
Get the whole school engaged in learning about kindness by delivering a brilliant assembly on this topic. Assemblies can be a great way to introduce a topic and get kids thinking about it. You can talk about what kindness is, why kindness is important, little ways we can be kind to others and how being kind to someone makes them feel. We recommend ...
The best way to encourage kind behaviour, as well as explaining how kindness can help others, is to reward kindness when you see it. You can praise children when they show kindness to others, such as by inviting someone to join in their game, picking up a coat that’s fallen off its peg, or helping tidy the classroom. You can use our fantastic Caugh...
Random Acts of Kindness Day is the perfect opportunity to spend some class time focusing on what being kind means. This KS1 Random Acts of Kindness Lesson Pack is perfect for delivering a fun lesson about being kind to your year 1 to 2 class. We also have a similar LKS2 Random Acts of Kindness Lesson Pack and UKS2 Random Acts of Kindness Lesson Pac...
What do you think of when you first hear Random Acts of Kindness Day? Probably someone helping others out by doing kind deeds, such as carrying their shopping bags, making them a cup of tea or saying something nice to them. These are all lovely things to do that can make a massive difference to someone’s day, but they’re not the only thing that Ran...
- Kindness Jar: Create a jar for students to write anonymous compliments and positive notes to each other. After that, you can encourage students to read the notes and share their reactions with the class.
- Acts of Kindness Challenge: Challenge students to perform a set number of acts of kindness each week and have them report back to the class. In addition, you could try recording these in a bar graph during your math lessons. 📊
- Kindness Scavenger Hunt: Create a scavenger hunt for students to complete acts of kindness around the school or in their community, such as leaving a positive note for someone or helping a peer with a task.
- Gratitude Wall: Set up a wall or bulletin board for students to post kind acts they have witnessed. Similarly, they can post things they are grateful for. 📌
- Start a Kindness Club - every school could use a little more kindness! A great way to spread the joy of kindness is to start your own Random Acts of Kindness club.
- Make positive bookmarks and hide in books at your school library - A simple reminder to be kind is sometimes all it takes to incite a kind act. Be creative with it!
- Start a Third Party Compliments box - Third-party praise is a powerful tool for making people feel energized, engaged and appreciated. Check out this amazing video to see how easy it is.
- Print our new kindness poster with 25 ideas. How many of these do you do without even realizing the impact you’re having?
- Send an email. Let your child's teacher know what they have done that you especially appreciate. Ask how they're doing, how this new way of learning or school closures has impacted them.
- Give your child's teacher a gift card. Amazon is probably never a bad choice but also consider a gift card to Target, Staples, Walmart or any other all-purpose store.
- Just buy stuff for your child's school. Always ask what the needs are but in general, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, paper towels and soap will be appreciated.
- Get to know your child's teacher. Do you know your teacher’s birthday? Favorite hobby? Is she a chocoholic or a wine lover? Knowing a little bit about your teacher’s life outside the classroom can help you hone in on how to give the gift of kindness.
Sep 24, 2020 · Let’s start with some whole-class activities that will get all your students involved! These are fun, engaging ideas you can weave into your class plans all week long to keep your students excited about kindness week. Kindness Bingo. Kindness bingo is one of my favorite ideas for kindness week.
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Students learn about kindness and respect with 10 fun character-building activities that can be started during kindness week and continued over the following month or two. There's even a kindness survey included for you to check the happiness level in your classroom before starting.
