"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace."
- The 14th Dalai Lama (1935) Head Monk Of The Gelugpa Lineage Of Tibetan Buddhism
At our All School Meeting this week, we rolled out our new initiative...celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 10-14. Research shows that students who learn in a positive environment have a better school experience — they enjoy higher test scores, learn new skills at a faster rate, and are overall happier at school.
As I explained to the students, random means something that is unplanned, or a surprise or unexpected. When you show someone a random act of kindness you are doing something nice for them that you didn't plan to do - you do it without thinking.
Wait a minute! It is just like being a bucket filler!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (See video from post in November.)
So, each classroom is going to get a fancy bucket and some things to put in the bucket. When your teacher sees someone in the classroom being kind to someone else, your teacher will ask you to get a popsicle stick and a sticker, put the sticker on the popsicle stick, put your initials on the sticker and put the stick in the bucket.
We are going to see if all the students together in Brown School can be kind 100 times before Valentine's Day. Popsicle sticks will be grouped in bundles of 10, because after all, this also falls around the time we are celebrating the 100th day of school! We will all count them together at our next All School Meeting at the end of February. We have a big thermometer to help us count for the whole school and we are looking forward to filling it in!
Ask your child how they are doing, themselves, as a class and as a whole school community! Thanks for catching them being kind at home to help us reinforce this life-long important character building skill.
As I explained to the students, random means something that is unplanned, or a surprise or unexpected. When you show someone a random act of kindness you are doing something nice for them that you didn't plan to do - you do it without thinking.
Wait a minute! It is just like being a bucket filler!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (See video from post in November.)
So, each classroom is going to get a fancy bucket and some things to put in the bucket. When your teacher sees someone in the classroom being kind to someone else, your teacher will ask you to get a popsicle stick and a sticker, put the sticker on the popsicle stick, put your initials on the sticker and put the stick in the bucket.
We are going to see if all the students together in Brown School can be kind 100 times before Valentine's Day. Popsicle sticks will be grouped in bundles of 10, because after all, this also falls around the time we are celebrating the 100th day of school! We will all count them together at our next All School Meeting at the end of February. We have a big thermometer to help us count for the whole school and we are looking forward to filling it in!
Ask your child how they are doing, themselves, as a class and as a whole school community! Thanks for catching them being kind at home to help us reinforce this life-long important character building skill.
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