Kindness squad

Hi friends! I am SO excited for February! It's one of my favorite times of the year!! I definitely try to spend this time of year focusing on kindness. I feel like we have reached the point of the year that they are getting tired of each other and are starting to throw hurtful words around. :( It breaks my heart, and every year I try to spend this time focusing on how to be kind, even when we're frustrated! :) I created this little resource to use over the next few weeks and wanted to give…

Are you looking for something to help lift the spirits of your students and co-workers? If so, there is nothing quite like a compliment to do that! The effects of compliments are not only powerful, but are long lasting too. I bet you can still recall a co

The Kindness Club Challenge is an easy way to focus on ways to be kind. This can be used at home or in the classroom to teach kindness and positive behavior to young kids.

These back to school crafts are perfect as kindness activities for kids to encourage kindness. These are great kindness crafts for school and kindness crafts for kids. #spreadkindness #kindenss #backtoschool #backtoschoolcrafts #kindnesscrafts #coffeeandcarpool

Joanne Miller on Instagram: "My Kindness Squad loved getting to deliver all these treats from our “Kindness Kart”! They get so excited to do good for others and these treats/refreshments were so appreciated! ❤️ The reactions of the staff filled my students’ hearts! Putting a smile on someone else’s face, puts a smile on theirs. ❤️ This year I hid several stickers behind or under the snacks and if the staff member picked one they got a gift card to Starbucks! 👏 My students couldn’t wait to…

Here are some examples of what the classes have been doing for the virtue of Kindness. In Kindergarten, we read The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. We discussed different examples of kindness and then each student created their own "quilt square". I cut scrapbook paper into 5 inch by 5 inch squares and regular copy paper into 4.5 inch by 4.5 inch squares and glued them together. For our second Kindergarten lesson, we read The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf. We discussed…

I love teaching my students about the gift of giving! My boyfriend and I often volunteer and do different things in our community to “pay it forward.” There’s no better feeling in the world! I really wanted to incorporate more of these random acts of kindness activities with my students at school, so I came up with “The Kind Kids Club.” To be a part of the club, students must do random acts of kindness for others at home and at school. Your students can be a part of this AMAZING club too…

Color and cut your favorite rocks and put them around the classroom or hide them at home to surprise classmates or loved ones with a random rock of kindness. A great art project for elementary school students. #kindergartenartproject #preschoolartproject #actsofkindness #mrsmerry #indooractivitiesforkids #freeteacherresources #randomactsofkindness #randomrocksofkindness

Looking for some activities for your kids to do to be kind to others? Maybe your kids haven't been as nice as they could be. This guide has twenty-one different ideas that your kids or students from all ages can do together!

Tips for starting a Kindness Club at your school that provides leadership activities and volunteer service projects that elementary kids can do. Download activities to help bring Kindness into the classroom in fun engaging lessons.

These smile it forward compliment cards are a fun way to remind kids that small things matter and kind words are important. .

Joanne Miller on Instagram: "KINDNESS SQUAD strikes again! My students love the idea of this secret mission to spread kindness! You have to swipe to see how cute my students are when they secretly put the clip on another student’s backpack! When students discover them later in their backpack, we hope it makes them smile! 😍❤️😍 #kindnesssquad #kindness #spreadkindness #bekind #teach #teachersofinstagram #teacher #teachersfollowteachers #iteach"

Work together as a group to talk about acts of kindness and kindness that children have shown and seen.

Spread Kindness and encourage kindness with this 100 Acts of Kindness for Kids Challenge and reward your kids' kindness with spending more time with you. .

Kindness squad teacher gifts

Random Acts of Kindness (RAOK) Ideas and Free Printable

Foster kindness in your classroom with these kindness activities for kids! Get simple, ready-to-go ideas to try out now.

20 school-wide kindness initiatives for elementary school counseling. Get students engaged in kindness activities with these fun ideas!

photo by Marc Cheatham When Betsy from ART180 asked my good friend Marc Cheatham (of the famous RVA blog The Cheats Movement) and I to facilitate a program at Atlas, their new art center for teens,…

Are you looking for simple, easy to use ideas for helping children display kindness? These kindness activities for kids can be used during any time of year but are particularly timely around the holidays. Snatch up information about a 12 days of kindness challenge, a kindness tree, and much MORE! Kindness matters.