Topics to help with incorporating kind action at the junior level include:
Kindness to Self
Self Care is an important topic to kick off any discussion about kind action. By caring for ourselves kindly we create the right conditions to effectively project kindness outwards.
Perspective Taking
When considering kindness, it is important to consider other perspectives. Empathy and compassion stem from not making assumptions and considering other points of view.
Giving Compliments
Giving genuine compliments whether it be verbally in a share circle or in writing for “Person of the Day” is a great way to build kindness and community into your class.
Undercover Agents of Kindness
Social Experiment on the impact of acts of kindness. Mission reports are written using the scientific method.
Kind Action Role Play
Role play scenarios where students complete the scenes with the guideline “What is the Kind thing to Do?”
Power of One
Take a look at some of history’s famous individuals who embody the concept of taking a stand for human rights.
If the World were A Village
Look at the world from the point of view of a village of 100. A great book to help students get a sense of the world they live in and how they compare to the rest of the world population. Lessons can extend to Math and fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Stewards of Mother Earth
Kindness to our Earth is another important topic that cannot be left out when discussing kind action. Brainstorming as many ways as possible to be good stewards to our environment and Earth is a good startpoint.
Kindness Activities
From Kindness Chains to Tootling Walls, there are many activities you can do as a class or school to promote kind action
Planting Seeds of Kindness
This music video by Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod is a great introductory video to the pay it forward aspect of kind actions.
Being Kind
This music video by Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod is a great introductory video to any unit on Kind Action.
Kindness Calendar
Classes propose acts of kindness. Each act is put on a particular day and students make it their kindness challenge for the day. This can be combined with the kindness chain idea of adding a chain for every act of kindness performed.