K is for Kind (Primary)
The brainy bit!
It helps us feel better when we’re angry or sad, helping others not only makes them feel good but us too & when we allow people to be kind to us, when we accept kindness, everyone feels great!
Be Kind
Being kind is SO helpful to us in so many ways. Kindness is not weakness at all, kindness is another of our superpowers and is really strong & brave!
Fun things to practice
1. Write down all the kind things you do & say over the next month! Perhaps pop this list in your journal & spend some time each day remembering what you’ve done perhaps you paid someone a compliment, made a drink for a member of your family or spoke to a friend who just needed to chat about something? Notice how it makes you feel when you introduce these random acts of kindness into your days, notice how many kindnesses you can do
2. Pause, take a moment & think of someone you care about this person makes you happy & you make them happy. Then imagine sending them these silent, happy, friendly wishes! Imagine them smiling, receiving your kind wishes, notice how it makes you feel Take a moment to send these friendly kind wishes to yourself too, we all deserve kindness, notice how this makes you feel x
3. Finally, think of a time when someone was kind to you? Perhaps it was recently, perhaps a while ago? Remember this kind act in as much detail as you can, remember how it made you feel at the time and how you’re feeling now you’re remembering all about it! How about draw your kindness picture, writing down what they did that was kind
The not-so-small small print
There is none! Simply return to this part of the website daily to get the next part of the practice.. No payment or subscription required. This is a resource we are sharing with all of you through the website and aiming to help our youngsters, in the various stages of their lives. This program contains information and practices that are aimed for two different age groups and we intend to mostly post the primary level information in the morning and the secondary level in the afternoon. Please leave us a comment and let us know how you are getting on or get in touch if you require additional support.
Z is for Zebra, Summer Resilience Program Final Entry (Primary) with thanks to Brene Brown & Greater Good Science Centre at UCLA Berkeley Youth for their ‘zebra’ advice & to Education Scotland for their inspiration for this programme x