Kindness Week Classroom Resources Kindness Videos for Kindergarten through Second Grade Title of Video Color your World with Kindness (Cartoon) 2.14 minutes Kid President: 20 Things People Should Say More Often 3.5 minutes Follow-up with more ideas Kind Hearted Hands 2 minutes Music video with real kids performing kind actions in a school setting! Discussion Questions 1. Why did kindness create color? 2. If kindness was a color what color would it be? 3. How can you make our world a better place? 1. Which was your favorite? Why? 2. What do you think should be on our class list of 20 things people should say more often? 1. What examples of kind actions did you see in this video? 2. Has anyone ever done one of the examples of kind actions for you at Swift Creek? 3. How did it make you feel? Rude Cakes Read-Aloud Hilarious read-aloud story about a rude cake who learns a timely lesson about kindness! 5 minutes 1. How was the rude cake unkind at the beginning of the video? 2. Why did the giant cyclops decide to let the rude cake go? 3. Do you think the rude cake will change his ways? Easy Ways to Make Your School A Kinder Place 1. What ideas are your favorite? 2. Can you think of anything the video left out? Real kids sharing their ideas for making their school a kinder place. Inspirational and accessible. 2 minutes Lifevest Video: Shows how one kindness leads to more! 5.5 minutes 1. Did all of the acts cost money? 2. Why do you think this video has so many views? 3. What did you think of the end? What Title of Video Discussion Questions message did it show? Kindness Videos for Third Grade and Up Title of Video 10 year old girl gives a speech about kindness 4 minutes Kid President: 20 Things People Should Say More Often 3.5 minutes Discussion Questions 1. What is her message? Do you agree with her? 2. What do you think she hopes her message will do? 3. What is your takeaway from this video? 1. Which was your favorite? Why? 2. What do you think should be on our class list of 20 things people should say more often? Follow-up with more ideas Everyday Heroes: Ricky (RAKE) Comedian that took Kindness on the Road. 5 minutes Amazing video created by a middle school to show the power of empathy 2 minutes Lifevest Video: Shows how one kindness leads to more! 5.5 minutes Play Harry Styles Song: Treat People with Kindness (if showing music video be aware that there are some alcoholic beverages during a few scenes). 1. Why do you think some people hesitated to take an umbrella? 2. How did Ricky change someone’s day in the video? 3. Is Ricky happy? Why do you think he is or is not? 1. What is empathy? 2. How did things change when empathy took over in the second part? 3. What do we need to do to show empathy? 1. Did all of the acts cost money? 2. Why do you think this video has so many views? 3. What did you think of the end? What message did it show? 1. How can we make school a place where people feel good? 2. What stands out to you when I read this part of the lyrics? Why? “Giving second chances. I don’t need all the answers. Feeling good in my skin. I just keep on dancing.’” Kindness Book List (Elementary) The Monster Who Lost His Mean Everyone knows that the M in "monster" stands for MEAN. But what happens when a monster can't be mean anymore? Is he still a monster at all? One young monster's attempts to live up to his name go hilariously awry as he discovers with a little help from new friends that it's not what you're called but who you are that counts. Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed Can one child's good deed change the world? It can be when she’s Ordinary Mary an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to her ordinary house who stumbles upon ordinary blueberries. When she decides to pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, she starts a chain reaction that multiplies around the world. Mr. Peabody’s Apples "Mr. Peabodyís Apples takes place in 1949 in Happville, USA. Mr. Peabody is the beloved elementary school teacher and baseball coach, who one day finds himself ostracized when rumors spread through the small town. Mr. Peabody silences the gossip with an unforgettable and poignant lesson about how we must choose our words carefully to avoid causing harm to others. Enemy Pie In this funny yet endearing story, one little boy learns an effective recipes for turning your best enemy into your best friend. Accompanied by charming illustrations, Enemy Pie serves up a sweet lesson in the difficulties