What is kindness?

In this learning activity, we will be talking about kindness.

Do you know what it means to be kind to others? How can we show kindness?

Record your thoughts.

If possible, share with a partner.

Being kind

Explore the following video, "Boomer and the Beaver Bears," to learn more about kindness.

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

After exploring the video, think about these questions:

• What did Boomer decide to do? Why did he decide that?
• Do you think it was a hard choice for Boomer to make? Why or why not?
• Why do you think it is important to be kind to your friends?

Record your thoughts.

If possible, share your thoughts with a partner.

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Access the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

Investigating with kindness

Materials Needed

Materials needed

Materials needed for this learning activity:

• crayons
• paper

Showing kindness

How did you feel when Boomer and the Bears helped Beaver? Why?

Record your thoughts.

Ways to be kind

What are some ways to show kindness?

Click the boxes that show ways of being kind.

If you clicked all of the boxes, you are correct! All of these are ways that we can be kind and make friends.

Brainstorm

Time to be kind

Think of a time that you were kind to someone. What did you do?

You can draw a picture of your kindness, or describe it in a recording. If possible, share your kind act with a partner.

Brainstorm

Kindness counts

Explore the following e-book called Kindness Counts.

Let’s try to help Chipmunk show kindness and help their friend Squirrel.

The following component is not optimized for a non-visual experience. A transcript is available.

• What is the problem in this story? How do you know?
• How could Squirrel share their problem with Chipmunk?

Kind or not?

Let’s think some more about Chipmunk and Squirrel.

For each of the following sentences, choose whether it is an act of kindness or not.

Choose the checkmark '✓' if it shows kindness, and ‘✕’ if it does not show kindness.

Select the correct answer, then press “Check Answer” to see how you did.

Kindness matters

Being kind makes people happy!

Let’s make a connection! Choose one of the following connections:

Create kindness

Use pictures, record a description, or create something that shows kindness.

If possible, share another way to show kindness.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

I feel…

I understand what I learned I understand some of what I learned I would like to keep practicing what I learned