The Kindness Elves, Ted and Fred, have arrived from the North Pole! The kids who remember from last year were so excited to see them! The job of the Kindness Elves is here to spread kindness and joy. Yes, they go back to visit Santa at the North Pole each night, but they do tell Santa if the children have been naughty or nice, instead tell him all the kind actions they have taken for themselves and others. The elves encourage good behaviour without the added stress of not receiving a present from Santa on Christmas. Kids like to be noticed for the good that they do, however small.
The positivity that comes from these Elves include encouraging many positive behaviours, encouraging kids to carry out daily acts of kindness for themselves and others, modeling thoughtfulness and empathy towards others, community and Christmas spirit, encouraging feelings of gratitude and reflective thinking, and inspiring teamwork.
This week the elves left Kindness suggestions for the kids, as well as did a couple of kind things for them (cleaned up their toys they left out and brought them new markers after discovering they were mostly running out). The kids made a Christmas card for the mail carrier, decorated felt ornaments for themselves and someone special, made a list of polite words and tried to use them more often and made Christmas cards for the elderly at the Sage Hill Retirement Residence.
Some of the kind things Ted and Fred have seen more of this week include;
-helping others more frequently when they need it
-giving compliments to friends
-turning off the light in the bathroom even though they were not the ones in their last
-an increase in the use of manners
-I even saw some positive problem-solving attempts in the youngest
Books we read this week:
The Littlest Elf by Brandi Dougherty
The Littlest Christmas Elf by Nicki Shannon Smith
The Happy Elf by Harry Connick Jr
The Kindness Book by Todd Parr
Memoirs of an Elf by Devin Scillian
We watched the Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and did a baking soda and vinegar Grinch heart balloon experiment. The kids funnelling baking soda into balloons and poured vinegar into the bottles, then I attached the two. And Voila! When the balloon filled with the baking soda that was dropped into the vinegar bottle, the Grinch's heart grew 3 sizes!
The kids a reindeer dice roll and number colour activity to practice number identification, played a Christmas memory match game, sorted and patterned tiny wood Christmas pieces, drew Christmas scenes in their journals, made twisted pipe cleaner candy canes, and helped put up the Christmas tree lights.
Our letters this week were M and N. The kids built these letters with a variety of toys.
The Christmas Crazies, as I like to call them, started to show a bunch this week. ‘Tis the season for all the excitement and tiredness!
The positivity that comes from these Elves include encouraging many positive behaviours, encouraging kids to carry out daily acts of kindness for themselves and others, modeling thoughtfulness and empathy towards others, community and Christmas spirit, encouraging feelings of gratitude and reflective thinking, and inspiring teamwork.
This week the elves left Kindness suggestions for the kids, as well as did a couple of kind things for them (cleaned up their toys they left out and brought them new markers after discovering they were mostly running out). The kids made a Christmas card for the mail carrier, decorated felt ornaments for themselves and someone special, made a list of polite words and tried to use them more often and made Christmas cards for the elderly at the Sage Hill Retirement Residence.
Some of the kind things Ted and Fred have seen more of this week include;
-helping others more frequently when they need it
-giving compliments to friends
-turning off the light in the bathroom even though they were not the ones in their last
-an increase in the use of manners
-I even saw some positive problem-solving attempts in the youngest
Books we read this week:
The Littlest Elf by Brandi Dougherty
The Littlest Christmas Elf by Nicki Shannon Smith
The Happy Elf by Harry Connick Jr
The Kindness Book by Todd Parr
Memoirs of an Elf by Devin Scillian
We watched the Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and did a baking soda and vinegar Grinch heart balloon experiment. The kids funnelling baking soda into balloons and poured vinegar into the bottles, then I attached the two. And Voila! When the balloon filled with the baking soda that was dropped into the vinegar bottle, the Grinch's heart grew 3 sizes!
The kids a reindeer dice roll and number colour activity to practice number identification, played a Christmas memory match game, sorted and patterned tiny wood Christmas pieces, drew Christmas scenes in their journals, made twisted pipe cleaner candy canes, and helped put up the Christmas tree lights.
Our letters this week were M and N. The kids built these letters with a variety of toys.
The Christmas Crazies, as I like to call them, started to show a bunch this week. ‘Tis the season for all the excitement and tiredness!
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