Welcome back! Before the break we celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week. Next time you are at school, check out our Kindness Tree. Each leaf represents an act of kindness. Pretty cool! Here are some ideas you can do to be kind to yourself and others: This week Moretown Elementary School participated in The Great Kindness Challenge. The purpose of the challenge is to highlight the importance of being kind to others, to provide ways to be kind and to notice kindness in others. Our participation in the challenge included a spirit week, with each day a different kindness-related theme:
In addition to the spirit themes, in wellness students learned about empathy, compassion and how they relate to being kind. We read The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig and explored ways of including those who may feel “invisible.” They practiced random acts of gratitude/kindness and worked collaboratively on kindness murals for the multi-purpose room and main entrance. For suggestions on spreading kindness at home, check out the following: In wellness, we explored kindness and caring for others by reading How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids. We learned how everyone has an "invisible bucket." When our bucket is full, we feel great. When our bucket is empty, we feel awful. We learned how our actions can make us bucket fillers or bucket dippers and how being kind, being a bucket filler, fills our bucket, too; that the way we treat others can make them happy and can change how good we feel about ourselves.
We will continue to brainstorm ways to be bucket fillers at school and home. For more information, check out:
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