Being Kind to You and Me

#TheCompleteSeries3lessons

Children will think about the difference between a kind and an unkind action and how this affects our moods and overall happiness. They then move on to put their ideas into action as they become secret friends for one another before finally discussing how their kind actions could be used in the wider community of their school and local area.

With lesson plans, slides for the teaching input, differentiated activities and a range of printable resources, this ‘Being Kind to You and Me’ scheme will encourage discussion within your class and encourage the children to become more aware of their actions and how they affect themselves and others.

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#Lesson1AreYouaBucketFiller

In the first lesson of this KS1 Fulfilled Lives ESR scheme your class will focus on the story ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today?’ to help them think about their actions and interactions with others around them. They will discuss the difference between kind and unkind actions and the effects that this might have on themselves as well as others. They are challenged to sort actions that would fill a bucket or dip into a bucket as well as actions that could be neither kind or unkind.

NB: You will need access to the storybook ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today?’ By Carol McCloud for this lesson.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson2SecretFriends

Challenge your class to put their ideas into action as they are given a secret friend for the day or week. The children reflect on the kind actions and words they thought of in previous lessons and use them to be a secret friend to someone in their class. Will they be able to guess who was their secret friend after the day is over?

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson3HowcanIbekindtomycommunity

Ask your class to reflect on their kindness to others and think about who they are kind to. Challenge them to think beyond their close friends and family and begin to explore how they can be kind to their wider community. Take the opportunity to discuss why it is important to be kind to everyone, linking it back to the concept of filling their buckets as well as your own.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

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