Random Acts of Kindness during the Holiday Season

During this time of year, it's easy for students to get caught up in the receiving part of the Holidays instead of the giving! I love to encourage giving and how good it feels to be the one to bring others happiness. The Random Acts of Kindness Project gets kids excited about helping others and showing them that they care about them. Each year my kids get so much out of this. We begin right after Thanksgiving. I've done it several different ways. Sometimes students work in groups, sometimes they work individually, but my favorite is definitely doing it as a class. It means so much when they deliver sharpened pencils to the class next door, put decorative bookmarks in books at the library, and bring handmade cards to workers at the school. Our school staff is always so appreciative when we recognize them! I included Bingo cards to give students a little reward of their own! When they complete one, they mark it off their bingo card. Along the way as students get Bingo, I reward them with small prizes (lunch in the classroom, pajama day, switch seats for the day!) It adds even more to their excitement about the project.

Included you will find:

Tis the Season for Kindness letters for a bulletin board

15 presents for display with the acts of Kindness to be displayed behind them

Decorative accents for the bulletin board

Various bingo cards for students to play along

A RAK journal for students to write along with each day

A class poster to cross out acts of kindness as you go along!