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Kindness Tips & Tricks We can teach our children how to be kind by modeling and practicing at home. Use magic words like Please, Thank you, and You’re Welcome Take time to share as a family. This can be as simple as sharing highlights from the day. Work as a team! Help each other out with homework or chores. Acknowledge or express appreciation, even for the smallest deed. Be a positive part of your community by recycling, saying “hi” to a neighbor, or lending a helping hand. Benefits of Teaching Kindness Teaching and encouraging kindness is related to many of the following positive outcomes: - Happy children! There is a natural good feeling that results when we do an act of kindness, even if it’s small. - Higher self-esteem. The endorphins in our brains when we do something kind increases our sense of belonging. Children will feel like they can have a true impact on their environment. - Kindness increases our connections with other people on a deeper level. - Improved academic success. The feel good effects of being kind help increase children’s concentration and memory, which greatly impacts learning. - Better mental health. Acts of kindness increase serotonin levels, the natural brain chemical that improves mood. Reach Out for Character & Kindness (R.O.C.K.) Week Feb. 19-22, 2019 Spirit Days Tuesday, Feb. 19: Think Twice about what you say –Twin Day Wednesday, Feb. 20: Dreaming of Kindness –Pajama Day Thursday, Feb. 21: Brighten someone’s day –Bright Colors Friday, Feb. 22: Crazy about Kindness – Crazy Hair Day Feb. 2019 Parent Newsletter Read about Kindness! Here are some books that teach lessons about kindness. Listening with My Heart by Gabi Garcia Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler Have you Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace How Kind by Mary Murphy The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney During R.O.C.K. Week Look Forward to: - Kindness Stations during lunch recess – Students will have the opportunity to visit Kindness Stations where they can make cards, write letters, and draw pictures for others - Random Acts of Kindness Challenge – All students will receive a checklist with numerous kind deeds. Please encourage your child to complete as many as they can! - Character & kindness lessons provided to teachers - Dress up spirit days! - Character & Kindness Posters around campus

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Page 1: Reach Out for Character & Kindness Kindness Tips & Tricks€¦ · Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler Have you Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud The Kindness Quilt

Kindness Tips & Tricks We can teach our children how to be kind

by modeling and practicing at home.

Use magic words like Please,

Thank you, and You’re Welcome

Take time to share as a family. This

can be as simple as sharing

highlights from the day.

Work as a team! Help each other

out with homework or chores.

Acknowledge or express

appreciation, even for the smallest

deed.

Be a positive part of your

community by recycling, saying

“hi” to a neighbor, or lending a

helping hand.

Benefits of Teaching Kindness Teaching and encouraging kindness is related to many of the

following positive outcomes:

- Happy children! There is a natural good feeling that results

when we do an act of kindness, even if it’s small.

- Higher self-esteem. The endorphins in our brains when we

do something kind increases our sense of belonging.

Children will feel like they can have a true impact on their

environment.

- Kindness increases our connections with other people on a

deeper level.

- Improved academic success. The feel good effects of being

kind help increase children’s concentration and memory,

which greatly impacts learning.

- Better mental health. Acts of kindness increase serotonin

levels, the natural brain chemical that improves mood.

Reach Out for Character & Kindness

(R.O.C.K.) Week Feb. 19-22, 2019

Spirit Days Tuesday, Feb. 19: Think Twice about what you say –Twin Day

Wednesday, Feb. 20: Dreaming of Kindness –Pajama Day

Thursday, Feb. 21: Brighten someone’s day –Bright Colors

Friday, Feb. 22: Crazy about Kindness – Crazy Hair Day

Feb. 2019 Parent Newsletter

Read about Kindness! Here are some books that teach lessons

about kindness.

Listening with My Heart by Gabi

Garcia

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by

Margery Cuyler

Have you Filled a Bucket Today by

Carol McCloud

The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth

Wallace

How Kind by Mary Murphy

The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

During R.O.C.K. Week Look Forward to: - Kindness Stations during lunch recess – Students will have the

opportunity to visit Kindness Stations where they can make

cards, write letters, and draw pictures for others - Random Acts of Kindness Challenge – All students will receive

a checklist with numerous kind deeds. Please encourage your

child to complete as many as they can! - Character & kindness lessons provided to teachers

- Dress up spirit days!

- Character & Kindness Posters around campus

Page 2: Reach Out for Character & Kindness Kindness Tips & Tricks€¦ · Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler Have you Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud The Kindness Quilt

Amabilidad Consejos y

trucos

que podemos enseñar a nuestros hijos a ser

amables al modelar y practicar en casa.

Use palabras mágicas como por favor,

gracias, Y de nada

Tómese el tiempo para compartir como

una familia. Esto puede ser tan simple

como compartir los mejores momentos

de la jornada.

Trabajar en equipo!Ayudarse unos a

otros con la tarea o tareas.

Reconocer o expresar

elreconocimiento,incluso para la más

pequeña acción.

Ser positivo parte de su comunidad

mediante el reciclaje, diciendo “hola” a

un vecino, o echar una mano.

Beneficios de la enseñanzaLa bondad

Enseñanzay el fomento de la bondad está relacionada con muchos de los siguientes resultados positivos:

- ¡Niños felices! Hay una buena sensación natural que resulta cuando hacemos un acto de bondad, aunque sea pequeña. - Mayor autoestima. Las endorfinas en nuestro cerebro cuando hacemos algo aumenta tipo nuestro sentido de pertenencia. Los niños sentirán que pueden tener un cierto impacto en su entorno. - La bondad aumenta nuestras conexiones con otras personas en un nivel más profundo. - Mejora el éxito académico. La sensación de ser buenos efectos de concentración y de memoria tipo ayudar a aumentar infantil, que afecta en gran medida el aprendizaje. - Una mejor salud mental. Los actos de bondad aumentan los niveles de serotonina, la sustancia química natural del cerebro que mejora el estado de ánimo.

Reach Out for Character & Kindness

(R.O.C.K.) Week 19 de Feb. – 22 de Feb.

Spirit Days Tuesday, Feb. 19: PIENSA dos veces antes de hablar- Dia de

Gemelos

Wednesday, Feb. 20: Sonar amabilidad- Dia de Pijama

Thursday, Feb. 21: Alegra el dia de Alguien- Colores brillantes

Friday, Feb. 22: Loco de amabilidad - Peinado loco

Feb. 2019 Parent Newsletter

Lea acerca de la bondad! Aquí hay algunos libros que enseñan lecciones

sobre la bondad.

Listening with My Heart by Gabi Garcia

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by

Margery Cuyler

Have you Filled a Bucket Today by

Carol McCloud

The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth

Wallace

How Kind by Mary Murphy

The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Durante la semana de R.O.C.K. - Estaciones de bondad durante el recreo del almuerzo - Los

estudiantes tendrán la oportunidad de visitar las Estaciones de

bondad donde pueden hacer tarjetas, escribir cartas y dibujar

para otros - Actos de amabilidad - Todos los estudiantes recibirán una lista

de verificación con numerosas acciones bondadosas. ¡Por favor

anime a su hijo a completar todos los que puedan! - Carácter y amabilidad Clases de proveídas a los maestros - ¡Vestir de Spirit Day! - Carteles de carácter y amabilidad en el campus