Our first official week of The Global Kind Project has been a huge success! Although we were only in school for a few days this week, we made the most of them and learned a lot about kindness in words, and then we put that learning into practice!
One activity that we started and will continue over the next few weeks was our "Kindness Hot Seat". Each giraffe gets a turn sitting in the swivel chair while their classmates (and teacher!) write about what they love most about them on the board. After everyone is finished, that person gets to turn around and see all the kind things we had to say about them!
While talking about being kind with our words, we also talked about the power of our words. While words can sometimes have the power to hurt others, they can also have the power to bring love and positive changes into the world. We learned about how Martin Luther King Jr. used his words along with many others to change America for the better as he fought for equality. Dr. King was peaceful in his approach for changing the world, and we talked about the power of joining voices together.
On Tuesday, we walked around the room with a partner and took turns putting colorful dots on pieces of white paper.
Afterwards, we used the paper to trace and cut out a silhouette of a dove (a symbol of peace) and wrote words that represented peace and kindness on a black piece of paper. Then we read the story What Does It Mean to Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio and we wrote about what we think it means to be kind under our doves, which are now on display in our hallway.
While our original google hangout was canceled due to a surprise snow day, we were FINALLY able to connect with our second grade postcard pals in Illinois!
We got to ask and answer lots of different questions about our schools, communities, and our sports team preferences :) Afterwards, we read the story Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and then it was time to say goodbye. We will continue to write back and forth with our buddies via our digital postcards on Google Slides, and we will hopefully get to do another Google Hangout soon!
We are excited to continue with The Global Kind Project as we move into Inspiring Good with Gratitude next week. For now, we will leave you with this quote one of the giraffes shared with us this week:
I love this idea of the hot seat. I remember we did this when I was in high school and it made such an impression on me. Thanks for spreading the kindness!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool connection! It's a great activity to do at any age, we could all use that little boost of kindness :) Thank you for all that you do to spread kindness at home!
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