“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” by Mark Twain
I felt compelled today to do another blog post on choosing to encourage kindness in the classroom even though within the year I wrote one already on Promoting Random Acts of Kindness in the Classroom. I feel this is becoming more and more important in our world today. It is something that is so simple, doesn’t cost money and can be done by everyone. Below I put together a toolkit of resources to help encourage kindness in the classroom.
Projects and Lessons:
The Certified Kind Classroom Challenge (From the Book Wonder)
World Kindness Day (Nov. 13th)
Books:
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
The Berenstain Bears: Kindness Counts
Kindness Ninja: Recruiting The Team
Kindness Counts: A Story for Teaching Random Acts of Kindness
I have more books listed on my Random Acts of Kindness blog post.
Videos:
You Never Know Who’s Day You Have Helped
A 1st Grader’s Act of Kindness Just Restored Our Faith in Humanity
Articles:
The Science of Giving: Why One Act of Kindness is Usually Followed by Another
12 Ways to Promote Kindess in the Classroom
Kindess Collection: How to Guide for the Classroom
Please share in the comments ways that you have spread kindness in your classroom or school.
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