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31Oct2013

Videos on Kindness and Serving Others: 5 Favorites

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Awareness Activity
Tags: Free, Teaching Empathy, Teaching Kindness, To Do at Home

Join the Movement to Raise Kind Kids! Let us know that you would like to participate in our kindness programs. Join us in our project When Bad Things Happen: what to say and do with your kids. Share your talents and skills as a volunteer for… Read More»

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09Oct2013

Children’s Book on Kindness: “Those Shoes”

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Books on Kindness and Service
Tags: Teaching Empathy, Teaching Kindness, To Do at Home

  Those Shoes is written by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones.  The story is a simple one where a boy sees the desire and need of another and fills that need, sacrificing his own want.  The boys were RIVETED to this book.  In… Read More»

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03Oct2013

Children’s Book on the Power of Our Actions: “If Everybody Did”

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Books on Kindness and Service
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  This post contains an affiliate link.* “If Everybody Did” is written and illustrated by Jo Ann Stover.  It starts with an illustration of what if ONE person did something like . . . “spill tacks” . . . and the following page illustrates what would… Read More»

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24Sep2013

Service Project for Kids: Bags of Mulch to Help Homeless Kids

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Help the Homeless, Service Projects for Kids
Tags: To Do at Home, Under $10

Adam and his brother are known to have generous hearts and are the boys that include everybody on the playground. Adam is eight years old, and at the beginning of the school year, he was looking for a way to make a difference.  He wanted… Read More»

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18Sep2013

Awareness Activity: Teach Kids About Hunger Through a Hunger Dinner

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Awareness Activity, Help Fight Hunger
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Join the Movement to Raise Kind Kids! Let us know that you would like to participate in our kindness programs. Join us in our project When Bad Things Happen: what to say and do with your kids. Share your talents and skills as a volunteer for… Read More»

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13Sep2013

Children’s Book on Kindness: “Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen”

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Books on Kindness and Service, Help Fight Hunger, Help the Homeless
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September is Hunger Action Month . . . The boys and I have several projects planned this month to learn about hunger, how it affects others, and how we can help. To start it off, I wanted to share a book with my kids to help us… Read More»

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04Sep2013

Act of Kindness for Our Neighbors: Frozen Chocolate Cookie Dough

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Acts of Kindness, Help the Neighbors
Tags: To Do at Home, Under $10

  We love our neighbors and bringing baked goods to them.  Sometimes, though, the timing of our deliveries might not be the most convenient.  So, this time, we decided to give them frozen cookie dough with the directions so that they could pop the dough… Read More»

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27Aug2013

Act of Kindness: Thank a Teacher with Yard Signs

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Acts of Kindness, Help the Community
Tags: In the Neighborhood, Kindness at School, To Do at Home, Under $10

As the new school year was coming closer and summertime was ending, my oldest son was thinking about his previous teacher and wanted to do something for her as soon as school began.  To decide what to do, we thought back to some of the… Read More»

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27Aug2013

Act of Kindness for Teachers : Wishing a First Year Teacher Good Luck

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Acts of Kindness, Help the Community
Tags: Kindness at School, To Do at Home, Under $10

We just made a new friend a few days ago and found out that she is a first year teacher! And, she is new to the area, just making friends. Having been a first year teacher, I immediately wanted to wrap her in an anti-germ cocoon,… Read More»

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19Aug2013

Service Project for Kids: A Book Drive to Help a Hospital

by Sheila @ Pennies of Time in Help Hospitals, Service Projects for Kids
Tags: To Do at Home, Under $10

This summer, we hosted a service project to help bring more books to the area Children’s Medical Centers and their outpatient locations. It is NO picnic being stuck in the hospital. I used to work in a hospital on a child psychiatric unit, and one of… Read More»

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