Random Acts of Kindness
I don’t know about you but I am feeling a little short on Christmas
Spirit. Now don’t get me wrong I love Christmas and every year I try
to celebrate it’s true meaning. I am grateful for my family and friends.
But this year I just don’t have it. What is ‘it’ you say? Christmas
energy-I do not have the energy to shop for gifts and fight traffic and
do all of the other things that Christmas has now become. The other
day one of our staff gave me something that has sort of changed my
mind about Christmas 2016. She brought in this
 Random Acts of December Kindness 2016  (click here for your copy)
calendar because she planned on
completing the activities with her grandson.
Isn’t this just a wonderful way to give back to others?
I think it is good for children to do something else for others. I think we can agree that
many children lately, and adults for that matter, think more about
what others can do for them instead of what they can do for others.
Here are some ways you can use this calendar to increase language in your kiddos:
– Talk about the calendar and review some of the vocabulary
words that they do not know-such as donate , litter or vending.
– As an extension, make a video of your little one completing the activity.
– This calendar is not set in stone-if there are some things you
don’t want to do then feel free to come up with your own activity that day.
– Have your child write a paragraph about the random act of
kindness he/she completed that day.
The truth is-you don’t have to do any of the above listed extension
activities to make this a beneficial activity for your child. Doing nice
for someone else teaches the biggest lesson of all: that it is better to
give than to receive.