Practicing “Random Acts of Kindness” at your Child Care Center.

You may have missed the actual celebration date (2/15) but it’s never to late to start a “Kindness Campaign” in your daycare center or preschool.   

Kindness crosses all those distinctions that we sometimes place among ourselves — distinctions of race, religion, culture, gender, age. Children are never to young to learn that kindness is a language that everyone understands. 

Kindness improves students’ self-esteem and the entire preschool climate.

Whether academically proficient or not, students are given a way to excel through kindness, and excel they do. One teacher said that a few students who were struggling turned around due to the increased self-esteem and positive involvement that the daycare center’s kindness program offered them. Other teachers have said that students are more willing to participate in class when they know that ridicule of their answers will not be tolerated. Thus, the learning environment is enhanced as well.

Kindness is empowering–even to preschoolers.

Kindness is one of the most powerful interpersonal tools that we, as human beings, use to connect with one another. When we sense someone’s need, we either choose to help in some way… or we choose not to. If we act from empathy, we will offer kindness, and in that moment a surprising, gracious, humanitarian connection is made. This is the positive power that each of us has the ability to teach to our students.  Life lessons we can watch them emulate and in turn, create an even more positive environment in your child care center.

You can find the Teacher’s Guide and find stories of age-approriate kindness projects across the country, with ideas of what you do locally as well.