Along with being kind to others, it's so important that our students learn how to be kind to themselves! Scroll down to discover 25 ways to be kind to yourself:
- Forgive yourself
- Love your uniqueness
- Go outside and play
- Don't ignore your feelingsand emotions, allow yourself to feel all the emotions and take time to process them
- Take a break from technology
- Acknowledge and be proud of your strengths
- Laugh at yourself
- Treat yo self
- Remind yourself of your awesomeness
- Just have fun
- Tell yourself that you are enough
- Don't always play it safe, challenge and push yourself out of your comfort zone
- Stop trying to be perfect
- Be a kid
- Believe that you are capable of anything
- Be patient with yourself
- Ask for help and accept help when it's offered
- Accept your mistakes, learn from them, and move on
- Take a break from studying
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Know that failure means you're trying, use it as a learning tool
- Don't settle for mediocrity
- Try new things: new food, new books, new music, new places, new friends
- Care for your body: go to bed early, get outside and move, and eat healthily
- Be your true self
Free Social Skill Posters
How to Encourage Students to Be Kind
Here are some ways you could encourage kindness:
- Challenge students to complete one act of kindness a day until they've checked off each idea.
- Give students a blank bingo sheet and ask them to fill in each box with one of the acts of kindness listed above. Then see how long it takes to get a blackout bingo.
- Print off the list and cut out each idea. Students then randomly draw and perform an act of kindness. Once they complete a kind act, they can staple the paper to a kindness bulletin board.
Free Social Skill Posters
Wanna remind your students to be kind? Be sure to download the free set of posters I shared with you a few weeks ago. This freebie comes with 12 posters each featuring a different way to be a good friend.
