Ideas for Kindness WeekSpirit Days

Nothing Beats Kindness or Team Kindness: Wear your favorite sports uniform Ride the Kindness Wave: Wear beach/surf attire

Global Kindness Day: Dress up in international costumes Powered by Kindness: Dress as your favorite Super Hero Dream of Kindness: Pajama day Wild About Kindness: Dress up like favorite animal Peace, Love & Kindness Day: Hippie Attire Bee Kind Day: Dress as a bee or a favorite bug Crazy for Kindness: Wear crazy hair Kindness Rocks! Dress like a rock star Wear your shirts backwards – Words that hurt can’t be taken back

Daily Quotes No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted - Aesop The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty, and truth – Albert Einstein A smile is the beginning of peace. – Mother Teresa Be kind whenever possible. It’s always possible – Dalai Lama Try Kindness You will never regret being kind Throw Kindness around like confetti Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain Where there is kindness, there is goodness, and where there is goodness there is magic – Cinderella Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about Be silly, be honest, be kind – Ralph Waldo Emerson. A Little Spark of Kindness can put a colossal burst of sunshine into someone’s day It’s cool to be kind If you can be anything – be kind Glitter, Sparkle, Shine, but most of all be Kind In the end, only kindness matters Give Out Kindness Coupons (attached)

Videos Random Acts of Kindness- ideas for guidance lessons and school wide projects

https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/additional-classroom-materials

BOOKS Each Kindness Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Day Odd Velvet Making Friends is an Art One Fill Your Bucket books Sneeches Tease Monster Should I Share My Ice Cream (K-1) How I Stand in Your Shoes

Ned Show- has some short videos on anti-bullying and friendship

http://www.thenedshow.com/kindness-lesson-plans.html#extras

Kid President: 20 Things we should say more often (my favorite is number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5yCOSHeYn4&index=2&list=PLloh-TIPM-79c1lacxbKU82EOV2U7QCNm

Color your world with kindness (cute cartoon).

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=color+your+world+with+kindness

5yr old explains kindness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxm5ol6GE48

Video of a young girl giving speech about kindness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtCxjMdE5dM

Kindness Boomerang Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU

The story of a very generous act that impressed so many! Very cool story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfF1m3-Dl_Q

Random Act at Chick-Fil-A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYjvOFGA1w

Great story about friendship (talks about cancer), might not be appropriate for our younger kiddos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYAHRW9ApRQ

Super cool- you may want to stop it before the police officer and suicidal woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-Egp0lECk

Firefighters take care of a disabled man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZggHgwHvw8

Kiddo works hard to earn money to pay for other’s lunches at school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULd2uHXRiSs

This is the website where you can get free Random Acts of Kindness(RAK) tags

http://makethemwonderblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/random-act-of-kindness-39.html

Free checklist of RAK from Teachers Pay Teachers

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/26-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-463834

KINDNESS IDEAS Celebrate an annual SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY! During the DAY, notice something you like about a person and tell them. Declare a day in each classroom. Each participant promises to approach one person that day and finish the

sentence: “One of the things I like about you is _________________.” Students share their experiences in the classroom at the end of the day.

Compliment the first three people you talk to.

Kindness Day- Nov.13

Write a hand-written note to a teacher. Say good morning to the person next to you on the elevator. Pick up litter. Spend 10 minutes cleaning a park or your neighborhood. Place uplifting notes in library books, on restroom mirrors, on someone's locker, or on their computer screen. Dedicate 24 hours to spreading positivity on social media.\ Hold up inspiring signs during rush hour. Leave a generous tip. Send flowers to a friend. Set an alarm to go off three times on World Kindness Day. When the alarm sounds, stop what you're doing a

call/text/email someone simply to tell them how great they are. Write kind messages to parents on the sidewalk with chalk Create a “Love” wall. Have the word “Love” on a wall and hearts on the side for students to write what they love

about the school. Create a “Thank you” chain for cafeteria staff Wall of Appreciation: Counselor hangs wide paper on wall. Students write about what they appreciate on the

paper. Each student is encouraged to complete as many items from the Kindness Checklist. For every 3 items,

teachers will give the student a Raffle ticket.

Prizes: 1st place- Any item from school store2nd place- Homework pass3rd place- 1st in line pass

Wreath Tie: With each random act of kindness that students do, they tie a ribbon to a wreath frame and throughout the year they will be able to see how much kindness was shown school wide. You can get a wire wreath and ribbon at AC Moore . Use a 3M Command Hook to hang the “RAK Wreath”. Cut strips of ribbon and put them in a plastic bag on the door. Each time a student completes a random act of kindness, they tie a ribbon on the wreath.

Mason Jar activity: Materials: a Mason jar or another container (one per classroom and one for the staff), kind acts written out on strips of paper (enough so that everyone gets an activity) Directions: 1. Print kind acts onto strips of paper: For example: sit by someone who is sitting alone at lunch, help tutor someone who needs extra help, pick up trash in the hallway, say something kind to someone you do not know, write a thank you note to a teacher, make a new friend today, etc. Additional grade level kind acts can be found at: randomactsofkindness.org/ kindness-project-ideas 2. Put strips into a Mason jar. 3. Each person pulls one strip out and is encouraged to do that kind act sometime during RAK Week. 4. Using the Five W’s (Who, What, Where, Why, When, and How) have students write in their RAK journal or share aloud their kind activity experience.

SCHOOL WIDE IDEAS Assembly Kindness Chain Around the School Make a Kindness Video for your school Have Spirit Days Collect Money in the Cafeteria for a Cause Happy Hands or Happy Feet Drive Kindness Boards Kindness Door Decorating Contest Kindness Poster Contest (using a quote)

Have Community Come to High Five Kids on Kick Off Day Provide Treats for Teachers Have a Student Say the Daily Quote on the Announcements – show the poster of that quote Kindness Boards for each grade level Pep Rally Chalk the Asphalt Joke Drive – make jokes – make a book and send to a Children’s Hospital

KINDNESS PLEDGEI pledge to myself on this day,

To try and be kind in every way.

I pledge to be kind even when no one else is around,

Because that is where true character can be found.

I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way.

I pledge to help others as I go through the day.

I pledge to join together as we unite the big and small.

I pledge to do my part to create peace for one and all.

KINDNESS BOARDSSheets for appropriate grade levels of kind acts

(See attached)

Elementary School Counseling Blog – many activities for Kindness Weekhttp://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org/random-acts-of-kindness-week.html

THE KINDNESS CHEER

It’s so cool to be kind,

It starts right here with me.

It’s so cool to be kind,

Sprinkle kindness and see.

It’s so cool to be kind,

Bucket fillers we’ll be!

K..I..N..D..N..E..S..S (spell)

KINDNESS!

Kindness WeekDear Pemberton Penguin Families,

I am excited to announce our second annual Kindness Week (January 25-29). The week will be filled with ways for our students to learn, explore, and practice kindness. Studies have indicated that promoting kindness in youth promotes self-confidence, optimism, leadership, and increased happiness. This coming week, students will be part of many excited experiences. Some of them are outlined below.

MONDAY

Students say what kindness is on the announcements.Students get Random Act of Kindness Log Paper Chain of Kindness BeginsProject Happy Feet Begin (flyer on back)Assembly Poster Contest BeginsSpirit Day

TUESDAYStudents say what kindness is on the announcements.Kindness ChainMusic in the CafeteriaSpirit DayProject Happy Feet continues

WEDNESDAYKindness ChainSidewalk Chalk for RecessProject Happy FeetSpirit Day

THURSDAYStudents say what kindness is on the announcements.Kindness ChainProject Happy FeetPoster Contest AwardsSpirit Day

FRIDAYStudents say what kindness is on the announcements.Kindness ChainProject Happy FeetPoster Contest AwardsCollect Kindness LogsSpirit Day

Contact information for Mrs. Thibodeau750-2660dmthibodeau@henrico.k12.va.ushttp://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/dmthibodeau

Kindness Wreath –all month long