 Welcome to the kindness crew in our first grade classrooms. We call ourselves the kindness crew because we Start off on day one of first grade and we teach our students to be kind to one another in my classroom My rule number five is treat others the way you want to be treated and these two go together beautifully So we start the year off by reading different books about being kind to others about giving to others in a kind way Throughout the year. We give our students the opportunity to show random acts of kindness and some of the ways we do that is by On world kindness day this year. We gave donuts and coffee to all the different divisions on our campus. So That each person felt loved and supported and knew the kindness crew was supporting them Another way that we integrate that into our curriculum is that in December We have an advent calendar and when we open up each day It has a different random act of kindness that we do for others here on campus or maybe outside of the campus Something else that we encourage students to do is not just show their kindness here at school and to our school family and community But to go outside and show that kindness at home and that hopefully will follow them along in their lifetime It is so rewarding when students come to school and they can't wait to share with you something They've done the night before that was kind I had one student come and say, oh Mrs. Sims we went to my family and I we went to Jimmy John's and bought a whole platter of Jimmy John's Sandwiches and took it to my local fire station and Shared that kindness with their fireman. So we love hearing those moments in those children's lives when They've done something. They recognize that it's a kind act And we always encourage them to continue the kindness crew philosophy at home and of course at school Try this in your classroom and join the kindness crew