Videos on Kindness and Serving Others: 5 Favorites
On a busy day, in a pinch, or when we are all feeling tired, we still are able to talk about kindness and helping others. We use a video, book, or song. Here are our favorite kindness videos: This is
Children’s Book on Empathy: “Stand in My Shoes”
Stand in My Shoes is written by Bob Sornson and illustrated by Shelley Johannes. It is about a little girl in her quest to learn to think from another’s perspective, recognize need, and see ways to help fill those needs.
Service Project for Kids: Fall Harvest Boxes for Meals on Wheels
Every fall, the Meals on Wheels organization in our community works to provide food for the elderly through a project called Fall Harvest Boxes. Members of the community are called on to fill, decorate, and deliver boxes full of food
Service Project for Kids: Bags of Mulch to Help Homeless Kids
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
Awareness Activity: Teach Kids About Hunger Through a Hunger Dinner
This was one of the most emotional experiences that I have ever had in teaching my boys about helping others, about the needs of others, and about what it is like to have need. Several times during the evening of
Act of Kindness for Our Neighbors: Frozen Chocolate Cookie Dough
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
Act of Kindness for Teachers : Wishing a First Year Teacher Good Luck
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
Service Project for Kids: A Book Drive to Help a Hospital
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
Act of Kindness: Service Act Meets Science–Making Hush Bottles
We made a Hush Bottle to help out my 4 year old. He loves his bottle, and we loved making it. So, he decided to make one for a friend . . . well, we had so much fun making
Act of Kindness: Delivering Care Packages to the Homeless
We’ve given out several of our Care Kits for the Homeless but I’ve never really talked about those experiences aside from mentioning that we took several when we helped with the clean-up in Oklahoma. In a sense, when we give away a
