National Kindness Day - February 17th

 

Wednesday is National Random Acts of Kindness Day, and it's a perfect time for everyone to share a little bit of kindness! We know that there are many social and emotional benefits of being kind, but there are educational benefits as well.  Kindness is a key ingredient that builds positivity and helps children feel good about themselves as it increases serotonin levels.  This important chemical affects learning, memory, mood, sleep, health and digestion.  Children with a positive outlook have greater attention spans, more willingness to learn, and better creative thinking to improve results at school.  This makes it a great thing to promote!

We will talk about it on Hawk Talk on Wednesday, and we'll have some additional kindness activities next week - but wanted to share some resources for you to use in your classroom if you choose.

Videos:

• Make the World Awesome - Kid President (3:27)
• What the world needs now - Jack Hartman, song
• Kindness is a muscle - stop at 2:29 (song, using on Hawk Talk on Wednesday)
• Be a Super Hero - Jack Hartman, song
• Why be kind?  kids talking  (3:10)
• Give in to Giving - gr 3-5, animation, no talking (2:18)
• Kindness Through Their Eyes - kids talking (2:31)

Other Resources

• Random Acts of Kindness website
• Random Acts of Kindness color sheet (inside recess idea??)
• Calendar of Random Acts of Kindness
• 50 Ways to be Kind poster

Have a kind week!
Sue