Kindness in the classroom

In this blog post from last year, Dr. Ruth Okoye  (the Director of K12 Initiatives at The Source for Learning- the group that sponsors TeachersFirst) shares suggestions to integrate kindness with technology.  From Freerice to the TedX kindness playlist, you will find something for your class.

Disability, Inclusion, and Kindness

If you are looking to include disability and inclusion in your classroom, please check out The Nora Project. It includes numerous resources (lesson plans, books, links to YouTube recordings- I like the one What color is today.) This site was recently reviewed by TeachersFirst here.

You can never have too much Mr. Rogers

PBS has a collection of Mr. Rogers resources and videos- when people talk about teaching kindness, he’s the person that jumps up in my mind.  He was ahead of time and has left a legacy that you can use today. Here’s the link to the resources.

Random Acts of Kindness

Even though National Random Acts of Kindness Day has passed, there are still many days left in the year to help promote kindness with your students.  If you are looking for ideas, please see the blog post here from Rebecca Alber on Edutopia.

Random acts of kindness

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the long month of December awaits us.  We Are Teachers has a great December project- a random acts of kindness calendar! Read about it in their blog post here.