Random Acts of Kindness Week
Resources for February 12-18, 2007
selected by Gail Lovely
In addition to St. Valentine's Day, the middle of February
Also brings "Random Acts of Kindness" Week...
What a great way to celebrate - with kindness!
Here are some ideas and resources, please email Gail if you have ideas to add.
The "Generosity Game"
Here's the idea: you perform a random act of kindness anonymously, but leave
behind a little card which challenges the recipient of YOUR kindness to go out
and do their own act of kindness (kind of like a kindness chain letter)
This site provides details (if you need them) and downloadable "cards" to print for
students to give as they perform acts of kindness...
MY version of the Generosity Game cards to download as pdf files and print are here. These can be printed on cardstock or on business cards... or just colorful paper!
Teacher Resources
Pledges, Poster and MORE!
http://www.kindacts.net/ideas_resources/RAK_week/RAK_week.shtml
Lesson Plan (includes printable pledge, kindness reports and more)
Lesson Plan Collection (LOTS of great ideas here - philanthropy and caring)
Ecards to send to others (from Acts of Kindness Not-for-profit)
Ideas about Service to Others abound on this site - it is NOT specific to Random Acts of Kindness, but there is much here to use/adapt or interpret!
Generate a List of Examples of Kindnesses with your students... here are some to start with:
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/char_ed/pubs/icare/appen1.html
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/primer-10.html
http://www.servantevangelism.com/matrix/matrix.htm (these ideas from a church may prompt ideas for you and your students too)
Make a FREE website to document and share your class kindnesses
http://www.actsofkindness.org/people/site.asp
Other Resources
Kindness Quotes
http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/subjects/quotes_kindness.html
