What is kindness?

What does it mean to be kind to others? How can we show kindness?

Record your thoughts.

If possible, share with a partner.

Being kind

Explore the following episode of Book Hungry Bears titled "Boomer and the Beaver Bears” to learn more about kindness.

Boomer and his friends want to build a tall lodge out of sticks. They collect many sticks together. The friends see Beaver also building a lodge by herself.

How does Boomer and his friends help Beaver build her lodge?

Pause and Reflect

Think

After exploring the video, think about these questions:

• Why did Boomer decide to help Beaver?
• How would you show kindness to friends?
• How do you feel when someone is kind to you?

If possible, share your thoughts with someone else.

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

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

Showing kindness

Possible materials

• crayons
• paper

What would you do if you saw a friend fall down? How do you feel when you show kindness?

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.

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:

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