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,
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Tag: Teaching Empathy
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,
Children’s Book on Kindness: “Those Shoes”
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
Children’s Book on Kindness: “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?”
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? proved to be a great book! It takes the idea of how our words and actions affect one another and shows it in a visual way.
Children’s Book on Kindness: “One Smile”
This is a perfect book when you would like a quiet thoughtful conversation with your children on how being kind can make a big difference. One Smile by Cindy McKinley
Awareness Activity: Using Tibetan Prayer Flags to Talk about Service, Kindness, and Happiness
Prayer flags inspired this adventure. We worked on this adventure for 3 days, and we loved every moment of it! Prayer flags are just cool. The idea that you can create something
Teaching Kids Empathy: On the Playground
Teaching our children to have empathy is an important and never ending job and can be especially hard to teach our kids to empathize with those that are mean to
4 Tips to Get the Most out of Serving with Your Kids
We are all busy doing good things. Through the work of my church and my own work in the community, I do “good things.” As adults, we do a variety of good things