Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Kindness Project

The Kindness Project-
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. -Aesop

1. I invite you to accept the challenge to accomplish acts of kindness with your families and friends until the end of the school year. Kindness acts can be as simple as picking up your toys or clothes without parents asking... and as big as participating in a community or church service project.

2. Share your acts of kindness in the comments section of this post by clicking on the green comments link. You may also comment on others' posts to show appreciation, ask questions, give more ideas.

3. The project will go on until the end of the school year (and hopefully throughout your life) but our 4th grade class will have a Kindness Celebration Day on June 4, 2015. In our Class Meeting, we will review acts of kindness done or observed for the past months and celebrate!

Making the world a better place --- one person at a time.


The project details:
Students plan a project where they “Think of an idea to change our world  (to spread kindness) and put it into action”.
The following is our plan for the project- in our classroom.
Examples and videos to share for ideas:


    • Students started by brainstorming possible projects- they can be school related or carry over outside of school hours. They do need to pick something that is ongoing and big enough to see results.
-  Including someone for the daily kickball game
-  Inviting a student to eat lunch together
-  Taking out your elderly neighbors trash cans each week

-  Smiling at people you pass by
  • Students will keep blogging entries about the progress they are making with their project- what they are noticing, feedback they are getting from others, and how it is affecting them.
  • At the end of their project, students will create a way to share their project with others.