Week 7: Community Empathy (TK-2)

SEL Domain(s): Empathy

Grades: TK-2

*Lesson may need to be modified to meet the specific needs of students

Description:

Students play Kindness Freeze Dance — dancing freely until the music stops, finding a partner, and performing a called-out kindness action (high five, handshake, smile, or compliment) before the music restarts — then design and decorate a Kindness Coupon promising one specific kind act they'll do for a friend or family member.

Materials

  • Clear a small open space.

  • Play upbeat, kid-friendly music.

  • Gentle bodies

  • Kind hands

  • One action only

  • If you don’t find a partner, join the teacher

  • Coupon

  • crayons, markers, and pencils

  • Kindness scenario list

  • Lesson plan

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