April 22 is Earth Day's 47th anniversary. Yippee, a day set aside just to celebrate our amazing mother earth. Her beauty and generosity are inspiring.
Earth day is a wonderful opportunity to teach children about kindness.
Here are 5 Top Tips to Teach your children about Kindness on Earth Day.
Play a game with these questions. There are many answers to these questions, let your children use words, pictures, charades and body sculptures to express their ideas.
What is kindness? What are some ways that you show kindness to others and to yourself? How can you show an animal, a plant or the earth kindness? How does reduce, recycle and reuse show kindness to the earth?
Kindness Challenge:
Have a contest, with your children, to see how many acts of anonymous kindness they can do in a day. Ask them to think of several things he/she could do that would bring a smile to someones face. Include the earth in the acts of kindness. What would bring a smile to her face? Start them off with a few of your own ideas. Let your children keep track of their own progress. Keep a chalkboard or a piece of paper eye level to mark each act. Tally the total in the evening and celebrate the kindness that you have brought to the earth and the people on it.
Visit a Recycling Center and discuss how recycling helps the earth.
Visit the Animal Shelter in your area. Find out what it takes to adopt an animal and take care of it. Ask them about their rescue program.
Sing-along with the song Kindness
I am kind to the earth, I am kind to the animals, all of creation deserves to be treated with kindness
Verse: I look for ways to help others, and show kindness to all that I see
When I reach out to another, I become sensitive, to the world around me
Repeat Chorus
Verse: I care about the earth; the air, the land and the deep blue sea
Reduce, recycle and reuse, I'm connected to the world around me
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
Jennifer Russell is an award winning songwriter, founder and director of Remba Kids Songs & This is Where I Live Community Sing-along. She has written some excellent, empowering & fun songs to bring out the best in our children. [http://www.rembakids.com]
To date, This is Where I Live Community Sing-along, has reached over 10,000 children in 500 schools throughout the world. This program addresses issues such as bullying, fighting, lack of courtesy and disrespect. The very nature of the songs themselves creates a recognition of, and participation in global citizenship awareness.
This tips are included in the Character Building Music Kit called Together We Can Do Great Things.
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