Make SEL Awareness Days Fun with Easy March Calendar Ideas
Meaningful March calendar ideas for kids that teach about kindness & friendship to make celebrating awareness days easy for students & teachers.
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Easy Ideas for Community Circles for Better Student Connections
Inside: Tips and tricks for using community circles or morning meetings to help students connect, improve wellbeing, and foster a positive and supportive classroom community. Updated 11/27/24 The magic of community circles or morning meetings in the classroom lies in their ability to transform relationships and create a safe, nurturing environment. These simple yet powerful…
Kindness and Empathy Is Better for Bullying Than Zero Tolerance
Inside: Research confirms that teaching kindness and empathy is more effective than harmful policies that reinforce zero tolerance for bullying. Here are 13 activities to help your students connect rather than hurt. Bullying isn’t a word I like to use because of the negative feelings it invokes. To me tackling bullying by talking about it…
Toothpaste Life Lesson for Children: The Truth About Hurtful Words
In the landscape of education, few challenges are as complex as anti-social behavior and bullying. It’s an ugly life lesson for children and an emotional storm that many weather each day. Preventing bullying in schools is a huge task but there are lots of practical things teachers can do to help. Developing emotional intelligence (EQ) by…
Kindness Resources for Teachers to Stop Bullying
STOP BULLYING!Bullying is often a hot topic among parents and teachers. It has been for as long as I can remember and sadly, not a lot has changed. But I feel like we’re making some headway with educators now using social and emotional learning programs in their classrooms to build emotional intelligence which naturally puts a stop bullying.I’ve…
Wrinkled Heart Activity: Powerful Anti-Bullying Lesson with Crumpled Paper
Inside: Instructions, video, and free crumpled paper activity pdf for the Wrinkled Heart Activity. Learn how a crumpled piece of paper becomes an impactful bullying lesson for elementary students. The Wrinkled Heart Activity or Crumpled Paper Bullying Lesson is a powerful way to teach children about the lasting effects of bullying.This simple activity is a…
How to Develop Positive Character Traits at School and Home
Inside: 7 tips for nurturing positive character traits as a collaborative effort at home and school. How are Character Traits Developed?Every parent wants their kids to grow up with a good set of values and positive character traits. Kindness, compassion, perseverance, honesty, and respect are just some of the traits we want to instill in our kids….
May I give you a hug?
I substituted in first grade today. I taught it the first two years of my 35 year teaching career and realized I was an older kid teacher. But I go where I must these days. There was one li’l boy who was ferocious and obstinate. I called on every strategy I knew from being a…
Beautiful new shoes
Today I heard a beautiful story about students showing pure kindness towards a peer with disabilities and I believe that sharing it will bring as much joy to you as it did to me. There was a student at a high school level who was not only having a rough home life but also had autism….
Teaching Empathy Helps Stop Bullying Online and at School
Inside: Facts about bullying and how teaching empathy is critical to reduce it. Also, how social media can be used to improve connections and wellbeing with #niceitforward campaigns. In today’s school environment, bullying remains a significant issue that affects students’ wellbeing and sense of security. While traditional approaches focus on discipline, teaching empathy and kindness…
Tips to Help You Nurture a Culture of Kindness at Your School
Build a culture of kindness to improve wellbeing and reduce bullying!We’re so fortunate to have several kindness days and weeks throughout the year that help highlight the importance of teaching kindness in schools. While these days are amazing for prompting educators, positive character traits should be encouraged each and every day to nurture a culture…
The Watermelon Shield – Book Review & Author’s Reflections
Book Title: The Watermelon ShieldAuthors: Rose McCallum (she/her) and Finn McCallum (they/them)Illustrator: mikemotz.comFor ages: 6-10 years (a good read for all ages)Topics: bullying, kindness, compassion, empathy, character development, juvenile self-helpRelated learning areas: social and emotional learning (SEL), well-being/self-confidence, communication/healthy boundaries Continue Reading Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Reddit Facebook Messenger Email Share