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2 x 10: Getting to Know A Student
Build positive relationships with students in 2 minutes a day.
Helping Students to Do Better Next Time
Students brainstorm ways to self-correct after saying or doing the wrong thing.
Rock-a-bye: Mindful Breathing for Elementary Students
Students learn to relax their bodies and quiet their minds.
Noticing Kindness
Students identify ways that they have acted with kindness towards others.
Caring Intentions: Being Kind to Others
Students consider the intentions of characters in a story who are kind to others.
Dialogue Journals for Elementary Students
Teachers and students converse with each other through letter writing.
Giving Thanks
Students define gratitude and name things they’re grateful for.
Looking for Gratitude in School
Students walk silently around school, noticing people they are grateful for and telling them so.
Gratitude Journal for Students
Students write five things they’re grateful for once a day for two weeks.
Gratitude Letter for Students
Students write a letter of thanks and deliver it in person.
Sharing Gratitude Stories
Students share stories about a time they felt grateful.
Three Good Things for Students
Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.
Acts of Kindness
Students draw and write about ways they have acted with kindness towards others.
What Friends Do
Students learn how kindness and gratitude strengthen friendships through Splat the Cat.
Kindness Buddy
Students get a secret kindness buddy to do a kind act for during the week.
Appreciating Our Bodies: A Body Scan with Gratitude
Students practice a mindful body scan and express gratitude for what their bodies allow them to do.
A Gratitude Poem to the World
Students write a letter or poem to express their gratitude to something in the natural world.
Beauty Everywhere
Students express gratitude through singing.