You Can Teach Your Children To Be Kind

A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Yes, kindness can be taught. But it is important to start this at a young age so that your child can learn the importance of showing kindness and compassion to others. It’s a great way to reverse a child’s natural tendency to become selfish – a normal thing at their age.

Tips Before Engaging in Kindness Activities for Kids

There are lots of activities that you can try if you want to encourage your kids to become kind and compassionate. The golden rule is to start with empathy. Let your child know that they should only treat others the way they want to be treated themselves. The more they understand this, the easier it is for them to show kindness to others.

Kids absorb information like sponges absorb water. They act and learn based on what they see from others. Simply put, they copy based on the example you set. Therefore, you cannot teach your child kindness and compassion if you don’t exhibit those behaviors yourself. Seeing you practice these qualities will have a bigger impact on their own behavior than if you were to preach them to them. Any other activities they are involved with are only designed to encourage this behavior – it should always start with you leading by example.

Some Kindness Activities for Kids:

With that in mind, here are some of the top kindness activities for kids to develop this behavior as they grow older.

1. Team-Building Game with Friends

One of the practical settings that your child can learn and apply the act of kindness is in the play area – with their friends and playmates. At Hadassah Hall, we encourage your child to participate in team-based games that require them to cooperate with others. 

Exposing them to this setting will help them work with others and show compassion to their peers. The teachers observe their behavior and encourage them when they exhibit positive behavior towards others. 

2. Get them involved in a charitable cause. 

If you and your family like to donate items such as toys and clothes to a charitable organization in your community, get your child involved. Remember our Christmas Clothes Drive last year? Ask the children to pick out any toys or clothes that they no longer use and want to donate to the less fortunate. By getting them involved in the donation drive, they learn the value of sharing with others and giving back to the community. 
Take note: Make sure that you explain to them what they are doing so they fully appreciate the importance of the act. 

3. Helping other kids

This activity can be done at home, in class or in the play area, or wherever they have the opportunity to socialize with other kids. Encourage your child to help other kids (even their siblings) who are having difficulty performing a certain task. Promote the act of compassion by encouraging them to offer their help, no matter how big or small the task is. 

4. Read books about kindness

Children love books and stories. One of the best ways that you can teach them about kindness and compassion is by reading them stories about kindness and compassion. There are several stories you can choose from that are appropriate for their age and development. These books have been designed to teach a lesson and to promote acts of kindness towards fellow humans (or animals, depending on the type of story). 

Make sure to read at least one book per week. It is also a good idea to focus on one book at a time so they have the opportunity to fully absorb the lessons contained in each book. 

5. Give them a kindness jar

The concept of a kindness jar is a very helpful tool when teaching your kid about kindness and compassion. It is also positive reinforcement and gives your child more motivation to do something good for others. It is more effective to promote positive behavior in your child rather than discipline them for doing something negative. 

How do you teach kindness and compassion to your child? If you have no idea, you can start with any of the kindness activities for kids listed above and see what method delivers the best results for you. 

Physical Development: Cutting Fruits

The Stars explored their physical development as they manipulated a safety knife to cut their own fruit for snack. 

The children took part in their own risk assessment as they talked about how to be careful and practiced manipulating the child-friendly knife. 

The children used their hand eye co-ordination to cut several slices of banana, water melon and apples, and were very excited to eat something they had prepared themselves. 

And through it all…we had FUN!

HH Speech Therapy

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Intervention sessions are individual, or one-to-one. After assessment, a carefully charted treatment course is developed to form a highly targeted treatment plan. This plan includes not only the latest and most comprehensive intervention programs, strategies and techniques, but it focuses on individualization for each child according to their strengths, challenges, needs, and interests. Focus is on providing a holistic environment for the child to communicate. Importance is also placed on incorporating immediate caregivers and/or family in therapy as well as collaborating with other healthcare and educational providers. Focus is on the individual and tailoring treatment to a child’s unique needs. This vision continues to distinguish Hadassah Hall Speech Therapy Unit today.
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Teachers’ Workshop

For Teachers in Asaba, Delta State: MYSELF AND MY LEARNING

Reflection is a core component of effective continuing professional development (CPD) and key to becoming a skilled teacher, and schools that practice a reflective teaching culture have an edge. This means that a teacher’s ability to reflect on what, why and how they do things, and to adapt and develop their excellence in teaching is the one quality above all that makes them good. This workshop will help teachers to quickly identify areas of improvement and collaboratively develop the best ways forward. This shifts the focus from simply fulfilling the minimum requirements for teaching to being able to increase its quality and ensure a continued high level of education for the children (which in turn leads to increased enrollment).
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Let’s Make Tea!

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

We had fun teaching the children how to make tea. They were very keen to learn, and took to the task with great enthusiasm.

So what’s your child like on the domestic front? Would you feel happy with them making you a cup of tea? Not only will you have a fun and enjoyable bonding experience with your child, but it will also help them to develop important skills, such as table manners and teach them how to safely and properly hold a tea cup.
Make sure that tea serving is always a supervised activity.
The hot teapot or jug should be kept well out of reach of children until it has cooled. 
Initially, children may require a lot of help. You will need to be patient and have hand towels ready to deals with any spills. Ideally, you should serve tea whilst sitted at the table and you may need to help your child learn how to handle the tea mug. Stay calm and try to make the experience a positive and enjoyable one.

Mother’s Day Picnic

Dear Mothers,
Thank you for your pure and unadulterated love. You all are nothing less of a miracle to your children.
You play so many roles and sometimes we are ignorant of the struggles you go through. Sometime we even take you for granted and ignore all the sacrifices, nevertheless you love us just the same, supports the children fiercely at every stage of life, no matter how old they get.
Thus, it is important to not let this love and sacrifice go unnoticed and not just on one particular day, but every day of the year.
Happy Mother’s Day…today and every other day

International Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day isn’t just about the women who influence the course of history, it’s about the women who influence our daily lives. The women who are holding our hands as we blaze our own trail… OUR MOTHERS. Today, Hadassah Hall celebrates strength in Motherhood.
We celebrate HH Mothers – doing their greatest work, whether that’s inside or outside of the home. 
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Book Fair (World Book Day ’22)

In celebration of World Book Day, you are invited to join your child and help him/her find the books he/she will enjoy reading. We have a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level, with great titles from Ladybird, Disney, Candle, Igloo, Miles Kelly and Scholastic.
Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. It unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are.
Please make plans to come to our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits, building their home libraries and furthering their love of reading. 
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World Book Day 2022

📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 On Thursday, 3rd March 2022, we’ll be marking the 25th anniversary of World Book Day, and joining in with the year’s theme and message for all children: YOU ARE A READER!

📚 📚 📚 📚 📚To help our children celebrate the day we’ve created some great activities to inspire and encourage reading for pleasure. We will be welcoming our children into the world of books and reading in two ways: by helping them become book owners (through the Book Fair), many for the first time, and by supporting a variety of activities and experiences essential for building life-long readers.

C.O.L.O.U.R W.E.E.K

⭐⭐⭐⭐Another exciting week of F.U.N and L.E.A.R.N.I.N.G⭐⭐⭐⭐

The motive of celebrating colour days is to make the children aware of the different colours and to develop the fine motor skills via craft activities and colour plays. Early identification of colours helps to create the cognitive link between visual clues and words which is an important part of a child’s holistic development.