Subscribe to the Free Spirit Blog
Search the blog:
Categories
- Administrators
- Bullying Prevention & Conflict Resolution
- Character Education
- Counselor's Corner
- Early Childhood
- Educational Technology
- Elementary Angle
- Free Spirit News
- Gifted Education
- Learning Disabilities
- Parenting
- Professional Development
- Publishing
- Service Learning & Volunteerism
- Social & Emotional Learning
- Teaching
- Teaching Strategies
- Uncategorized
-
Recent Posts
- 4 Ideas for Practicing Mindfulness with Children
- Achieving Equity in Gifted Education
- The Social and Emotional Way to a Calmer Classroom
- Seeking Personally Relevant SEL Books for Children and Teens
- How Parents Can Help Kids Develop Self-Confidence
- The 5 Books I Want to Give Every Teacher (and one I had to keep for myself!)
- Simple Mindfulness Activities to Help Students Learn
- Using Growth Mindset to Help Students Overcome Perfectionism
Readers’ Favorites
- 4 Ideas for Practicing Mindfulness with Children
- 10 Ways Teachers Can Create a Positive Learning Environment
- 10 Ways to Celebrate National School Counseling Week, Part 1
- If I Could Change Something About Our Schools . . .
- Oh, the Drama! 11 Scenarios to Help Teens Work Through Sticky Social Situations
- 10 Scenarios to Get Kids Talking About Bullying
- 10 Scenarios to Get Kids Talking About Anger
Archives
Tag Archives: kindness
Ways to Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day in Your Classroom
By Shannon Anderson, author of Mindset Power: A Kid’s Guide to Growing Better Every Day As teachers, we make it our practice to model, teach, and encourage kindness every day. But why not kick it up a notch for Random … Continue reading
Grow Through What You Go Through: Finding Hope and Happiness During the Pandemic
By Shannon Anderson, author of Y Is for Yet: A Growth Mindset Alphabet “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” —Duke Ellington To say the spread of Covid-19 and the resulting consequences caused problems would be an … Continue reading
Posted in Social & Emotional Learning
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Spirit author, hope, kindness, positivity
2 Comments
12 Ideas for Kindness in the Classroom
By Shannon Anderson, author of Penelope Perfect: A Tale of Perfectionism Gone Wild Kindness is an essential character trait we want all our students to embody in the classroom and the world around them. How can we encourage kindness? This … Continue reading