How to Be Kind

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Along with being kind to others, it's so important that our students learn how to be kind to themselves! Scroll down to discover 25 ways to be kind to yourself:

1. Forgive yourself
2. Love your uniqueness
3. Go outside and play
4. Don't ignore your feelingsand emotions, allow yourself to feel all the emotions and take time to process them
5. Take a break from technology
6. Acknowledge and be proud of your strengths
7. Laugh at yourself
8. Treat yo self
9. Remind yourself of your awesomeness
10. Just have fun
11. Tell yourself that you are enough
12. Don't always play it safe, challenge and push yourself out of your comfort zone
13. Stop trying to be perfect
14. Be a kid
15. Believe that you are capable of anything
16. Be patient with yourself
17. Ask for help and accept help when it's offered
18. Accept your mistakes, learn from them, and move on
19. Take a break from studying
20. Stop comparing yourself to others
21. Know that failure means you're trying, use it as a learning tool
22. Don't settle for mediocrity
23. Try new things: new food, new books, new music, new places, new friends
24. Care for your body: go to bed early, get outside and move, and eat healthily
25. Be your true self

Free Social Skill Posters

How to Encourage Students to Be Kind

Here are some ways you could encourage kindness:

• Challenge students to complete one act of kindness a day until they've checked off each idea.
• Give students a blank bingo sheet and ask them to fill in each box with one of the acts of kindness listed above. Then see how long it takes to get a blackout bingo.
• Print off the list and cut out each idea. Students then randomly draw and perform an act of kindness. Once they complete a kind act, they can staple the paper to a kindness bulletin board.

Free Social Skill Posters

Wanna remind your students to be kind? Be sure to download the free set of posters I shared with you a few weeks ago. This freebie comes with 12 posters each featuring a different way to be a good friend.