How to Be Kind
Along with being kind to others, it's so important that our students learn how to be kind to themselves! Scroll down to discover 25 ways to be kind to yourself:
- Forgive yourself
- Love your uniqueness
- Go outside and play
- Don't ignore your feelingsand emotions, allow yourself to feel all the emotions and take time to process them
- Take a break from technology
- Acknowledge and be proud of your strengths
- Laugh at yourself
- Treat yo self
- Remind yourself of your awesomeness
- Just have fun
- Tell yourself that you are enough
- Don't always play it safe, challenge and push yourself out of your comfort zone
- Stop trying to be perfect
- Be a kid
- Believe that you are capable of anything
- Be patient with yourself
- Ask for help and accept help when it's offered
- Accept your mistakes, learn from them, and move on
- Take a break from studying
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Know that failure means you're trying, use it as a learning tool
- Don't settle for mediocrity
- Try new things: new food, new books, new music, new places, new friends
- Care for your body: go to bed early, get outside and move, and eat healthily
- Be your true self
Free Social Skill Posters
How to Encourage Students to Be Kind
Here are some ways you could encourage kindness:
- Challenge students to complete one act of kindness a day until they've checked off each idea.
- Give students a blank bingo sheet and ask them to fill in each box with one of the acts of kindness listed above. Then see how long it takes to get a blackout bingo.
- Print off the list and cut out each idea. Students then randomly draw and perform an act of kindness. Once they complete a kind act, they can staple the paper to a kindness bulletin board.
Free Social Skill Posters
Wanna remind your students to be kind? Be sure to download the free set of posters I shared with you a few weeks ago. This freebie comes with 12 posters each featuring a different way to be a good friend.
