Celebrated on 13 November, World Kindness Day is an opportunity to help your students understand how they can become happier and make the world a better place by doing kind things for others. Well, kindness can be taught!
Write on the board the following statement Amelia Earhart once made:
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions
and the roots spring up and make new trees.
Then explain to your students that kindness comes in many forms (which don’t have to be grandiose!). Do your English learners understand that they can make a big difference and create a kinder world, one simple act at a time?
Step 1️⃣ Young Students – Acts of Kindness
Ask your young English learners to write down at least one kind act they did last month, e.g. ‘I donated some of my old clothes/books/toys to a local charity’.
Step 2️⃣ Older Students – Thank-you Notes
Ask older students to write a thank-you note in order to express their gratitude to someone who has been kind to them lately.
Step 3️⃣ The Tree of Kindness
Then have your students create a big display poster depicting a tree. Your students’ colourful handprints can act as leaves and their messages and notes can be kept on them with pins!
The poster can keep growing all year long… promoting Amelia Earhart’s heartwarming quote! And reading the messages and notes of your students will be enough to brighten someone’s day. Happy World Kindness Day!
