The Kindness Curriculum Theme 7

I am so excited to be using the Kindness Curriculum from the Center for Healthy Minds. You can download this free mindfulness curriculum easily. Each week consists of three short lessons, about 20 minutes each.

Zac and I are doing this together as a family; we are on Week Seven, which has "ALL PEOPLE DEPEND ON EACH OTHER AND THE EARTH" as its theme.

Week One notes
MINDFUL BODIES AND PLANTING SEEDS OF KINDNESS

Week Two notes
I FEEL EMOTIONS ON THE INSIDE

Week Three notes
HOW I FEEL ON THE INSIDE SHOWS ON THE OUTSIDE

Week Four notes
TAKING CARE OF STRONG EMOTIONS ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE

Week Five notes
CALMING AND WORKING OUT PROBLEMS

Week Six notes
GRATITUDE

Lesson 19: People around the world want peace

Invite bell. GFW. Look at the Montessori Colored Globe of the Continents.

Read Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz. Play I Never Forget a Face.

Extra Day:
Read The Colors of Us by Karen Katz and Skin Again by bell hooks.

Lesson 20: Connections with others

Read Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace by Shelley Moore Thomas.

Find a way to do something kind for someone else, like picking up all of the neighbor's sticks out of their yard or making homemade treats for your dog. Write a letter for a friend you haven't seen in a while, just to surprise them!

Lesson 21: Caring for animals and insects

Animal Safari walk. Read The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer. Listen to "The Ladybug Song," track #1 from Calm Down Boogie by Betsy Rose.

Two recents posts on the Tinkergarten blog filled with resources:

17 Resources to Help Parents Raise Anti-Racist Kids by Nina Stoller-Lindsey

10 Places to Find Books that Teach Kids About Race by Amy DiLuna

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