ABSTRACT

Creating Kind and Compassionate Kids offers lessons and activities that promote problem solving and social-emotional learning, allowing students in grades 3-6 to become more aware of themselves and others who share their world. Each lesson:

  • Addresses both cognitive and affective skills, enhancing students' appreciation of themselves and others.
  • Encourages students to think creatively and critically.
  • Teaches vital affective skills, such as empathy, tolerance, compassion, communication, and leadership.
  • Includes one or more samples of student work to guide students' responses.
  • Has been tested by teachers in multiple classrooms with students of all ability levels.

With its focus on relevant, lasting learning experiences that encourage social and emotional growth, Creating Kind and Compassionate Kids is a resource that teachers will turn to again and again.


Grades 3-6

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part I|95 pages

Activities to Help Students Grow With Others

chapter Activity 1|11 pages

Grate Misteaks

chapter Activity 2|7 pages

I Wanna Be Bugged by You

chapter Activity 3|14 pages

ABCs of Our Lives

chapter Activity 4|8 pages

Little Stories of Our Classroom

chapter Activity 5|6 pages

Box Up Your life

chapter Activity 6|8 pages

A Personal Classroom Pledge

chapter Activity 7|6 pages

License to Be Me

chapter Activity 8|5 pages

Celebration Streamers

chapter Activity 9|7 pages

Thumbody Like Me

chapter Activity 10|5 pages

Filling Our Own Shoes

chapter Activity 11|4 pages

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

chapter Activity 12|7 pages

Possible Dreams

part II|75 pages

Activities for Growing With the World

chapter Activity 13|6 pages

365 Days of Helping Others

chapter Activity 14|6 pages

Heart to Heart

chapter Activity 15|5 pages

The Footpath of Peace

chapter Activity 16|6 pages

Oh, the Things We Have Learned!

chapter Activity 17|7 pages

The Building Blocks of Character

chapter Activity 18|5 pages

Shaking Hands With the World

chapter Activity 19|5 pages

Guess It!

chapter Activity 20|7 pages

The Great Idiom Contest

chapter Activity 21|6 pages

Creative Inventors

chapter Activity 22|6 pages

Building a Book Report

chapter Activity 23|9 pages

Games to Go