"Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits." -- 19th century rhyme used in primary schools
100 Ways To Be Kind To Your Child
On Thursday, November 13th, people from around the world will join hands and hearts to celebrate International World Kindness Day! In honour of this global celebration, we offer this inspiring article which features 100 ways that you, as a grown-up, can practice being kind to the children in your life. As we all know so well, it's not always the big, extraordinary things you do for your kids every now and again that light up their worlds -- often, it's those small, unexpected and joyful acts of love on ordinary days that make their hearts sing. [more]
Reading Corner
Title: How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids
By: Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer Ages: 3-8
"For young children, this book visually brings to life how kindness works through a wonderful story about a little boy named Felix and the different interactions he has with people throughout his day. My 3.5 year-old daughter immediately grasped the concept of how some of Felix's actions filled other people's buckets with kindness while others emptied their buckets. She was so delighted to learn about how her own bucket would fill up when she fills another person's bucket! This is a somewhat counter-intuitive concept for children who naturally assume that by giving something they lose something, however the narrative of this story offers such a wonderful to way for children to learn and embrace this value in their own lives." -- Trishna Shah
By: Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer Ages: 3-8
"For young children, this book visually brings to life how kindness works through a wonderful story about a little boy named Felix and the different interactions he has with people throughout his day. My 3.5 year-old daughter immediately grasped the concept of how some of Felix's actions filled other people's buckets with kindness while others emptied their buckets. She was so delighted to learn about how her own bucket would fill up when she fills another person's bucket! This is a somewhat counter-intuitive concept for children who naturally assume that by giving something they lose something, however the narrative of this story offers such a wonderful to way for children to learn and embrace this value in their own lives." -- Trishna Shah
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Be the Change
Share this list of kindness ideas from KindSpring.org with your children and choose one that you can all do together to spread some smiles! Feeling inspired to do more? Take on a 21 Day Kindness Challenge together as a family!
