Merry Christmas! on this blessed day,I thought I would share some things my class has been doing for Random Acts of Kindness.
My friend Tammy, Forever in First, introduced this concept to me. I've done similar projects with notes and things, but I especially enjoy it at Christmas when sometimes our focus is more on getting than giving.
In the past, I've even asked them to write letters to Santa for children of the world. I will write about that later.
It's amazing what the children came up with on their own. Some things they thought of were ideas they got from Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, about how one small deed can change the world! Here's a partial list of things they came up with: picking up trash around the school; write cards, letters and notes;
leave treats; smile and give hugs!; give compliments; and offer to help with things at home without asking and without looking for praise. Some of them got in trouble with siblings by writing the sibling's name while trying to be anonymous. We decided we should just pretend we were elves, and not sign anyone's name.
We decided that everyone at our school was much happier and more positive because of these small acts. one person commented that or school was"healthier" without the trash.
I know the main thing we learned was how something as simple as a smile and a positive attitude could have a chain reaction!
merry merry Christmas!\
My friend Tammy, Forever in First, introduced this concept to me. I've done similar projects with notes and things, but I especially enjoy it at Christmas when sometimes our focus is more on getting than giving.
In the past, I've even asked them to write letters to Santa for children of the world. I will write about that later.
It's amazing what the children came up with on their own. Some things they thought of were ideas they got from Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, about how one small deed can change the world! Here's a partial list of things they came up with: picking up trash around the school; write cards, letters and notes;
leave treats; smile and give hugs!; give compliments; and offer to help with things at home without asking and without looking for praise. Some of them got in trouble with siblings by writing the sibling's name while trying to be anonymous. We decided we should just pretend we were elves, and not sign anyone's name.
We decided that everyone at our school was much happier and more positive because of these small acts. one person commented that or school was"healthier" without the trash.
I know the main thing we learned was how something as simple as a smile and a positive attitude could have a chain reaction!
merry merry Christmas!\
