We start the year with the Kindness Kickoff! Here are some books that you can use to help you create a classroom of kindness. For more resources on the Kindness Kickoff visit the Character Strong Website through your Clever Portal.
This letter-in-a-picturebook is an impactful way to set the tone for a school year full of learning about each other, celebrating together, and growing in Kindness.
It’s the 1st day of KINDergarten, and Leo’s new teacher has asked each student to share 1 way they know how to be Kind. Leo isn’t sure he knows much about Kindergarten or Kindness, but he learns he may know more than he thinks!
Using names correctly is 1 way we can practice Kindness! Does she really not have a name, or is it just that the children can’t pronounce Unhei, a name of Korean descent?
When your dad shares a recipe with you for enemy pie (a sure way to get rid of enemies), you might discover an unexpected new friend (and a little Kindness)!
In this Kindness treasure, the narrator tries to be Kind after a friend spills grape juice. When her Kindness isn’t received well, she muses on just what exactly Kindness is, anyway.
This first-day-of-school favorite is all about the nerves that often come with the start of a new school year. It’s a great springboard to share how we’re feeling and build empathy as a class!
This inspiring book by the creator of Kid President teaches how our circles expand as we grow older. Together, we can make a difference in our circles and in the world!
The Sour Grape holds grudges! But experiencing kindness and grace from those around him teaches him that grudges can be unfair. Will the Sour Grape grow enough compassion to turn sweet? Read and find out!
In this tale of Kindness and connection, Mia welcomes her grandmother, Abuela, into her home! Although they don’t speak the same language, Mia tries hard to make Abuela feel at home through acts of Kindness.
Nobody seems to notice, much less include Brian, in anything until Brian begins to take notice of the new student Justin. Will the Kindness that the boys share help color Brian's world and bring him out of his cloak of invisibility?
A story about a little snippet who wants desperately to live in a kindness jar because he learns that it brings kindness to the world, but can't figure out the right words to help spread kindness. He asks several other snippets how they find their words and he soon discovers he has to do something kind for his words to appear!
Kindness is the single most powerful thing that we can teach our children. Follow Maddy through her day at school, where your child will learn how easy it can be to spread kindness!
Celebrating the power of kindness and teamwork, this collection of nine PAW Patrol stories, each of which can be read in five minutes or less, follows Chase, Skye, Marshall, and the rest of the puppy heroes as they lend a helping paw to someone in need.
It's fun to be kind! Our funny animal friends show us how to be kind to each other. Be a great ally. Hold the door for a friend. Try a little kindness today, and you will feel so much, much better!
Champ and Walter, two boys from very different worlds, have a seemingly insignificant thing in common--their love for potato chips--but when Champ's world starts to crumble, Walter's kindness helps him feel better.
The children at Maya's new school have so many opportunities to show this new student Kindness, but it's not until she returns to never come back that they realize what happens when you let those chances slip away.
This picture book allows readers to relate emotionally when a classmate is treated badly and shows how a simple act of Kindness helps a community join together.
After traveling to Tijuana, Mexico, Noemi and her mother are denied entry at the border and must find the refugee in charge of the notebook, an unofficial ledger of those waiting to cross into the United States.
It was like a game of tag, with one small act of kindness spreading throughout a small community of kids and teachers alike. Award-winning children's book author Stacy McAnulty packs a powerful punch with minimal text, providing a sweet message about all the small ways one can be kind. Illustrator Wendy Leach creates a diverse cast of characters while using color as a visual cue to how kindness is able to spread, even in a small community like a school.
It is not always easy for a dinosaur to learn how to be kind, but with a liitle practice, and keeping other people firmly in mind, he can become a one-of-a-kind, very kind dinosaur.