Happy Holidays from the CKM
December Kindness Day
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Theme:
Kindness Secret Service
Kindness Challenge:
Find a way to secretly serve
this holiday season.
Happiness comes from giving and serving others. This is a great time of year to teach the value of giving and serving, and nothing teaches it better than by example. Find a service, either with your school or for just your class where you can kindle the spirit of giving
and service.
CLASSROOM DISCUSSION:
Teach them to serve rather than be served. One of the best ways to give kids practice in real-world kindness is to serve others. Get the whole school involved to serve people in need. Find opportunities to lend a hand with Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, nursing homes, even opportunities in your school. When kids realize the impact they can make by serving and being kind to others, you begin to foster a servant’s heart in them, and that’s a beautiful thing.
Discuss with your class how they can use their own uniqueness and talents to serve others around them. Pass out this Mission Possible handout and have your students prepare their service missions to become SECRET AGENTS! Have your students report back ways that they performed secret service through the holiday season.
Happy Holidays!
I would like to take time to reflect on the past year and thank all the individuals that have supported and served through the CKM. We will forever be grateful.
Our family has had an amazing opportunity to meet so many individuals that we possibly would have never met. We are grateful for this and consider you all friends and second family. Many of you have graced us with your generosity, talents, connections, kindness, love, and support. THANK YOU!
The CKM evolved out of love for our daughter and now continues out of love for all of our children and for yours. As our family grows and evolves, we know that the CKM will too in it’s own way.
This journey has enticed many life lessons thus far and has brought personal growth. Consider serving in your community, you won’t regret it. Service has a profoundness on the individual serving, the recipient, and also bystanders. I have found that by serving and serving with my family, that we have had the opportunity to be apart of something bigger than ourselves and it has been a life-changing experiences that will always be apart of us.
May you find happiness in giving and serving others this holiday season,
Melissa Nelson
CKM Founder and President
LAST CALL FOR PHOTOS and VIDEO FOOTAGE!
The CKM will be putting together a recap video of our 2018 Kindness Week. We apologize for the delay. This is the last call for photos and video footage that you are willing to share. Please send to CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com. The deadline will be December 31st. We will plan on having the video available to show to all the schools for January’s Kindness Day.
In the spirit of giving, we made a video to share with Hillsdale and to thank their sponsors.
Thank you!
Happy November KINDNESS DAY!
Kindness Strengthens Relationships
ACCEPT OUR CKM KINDNESS CHALLENGE:
Give someone a pat-on-the-back today. Show kindness to help strengthen a relationship at home and a friendship at school
Class Discussion
Manners can show the people around us that we are mindful of them; manners can also express our respect for others. Respecting other students shows that we appreciate them. There are a lot of ways we can show respect and that includes good manners! Just remember to follow the golden rule!
“Do unto others as you would have them do to you.”
Giving compliments is a huge part of appreciating other peoples
manners. Compliments are expressing the good traits, talents or characteristics you see in another person. Compliments make you feel happy, valued and important! Everyone wants to feel important! Think of a time when someone told you something nice about yourself. You probably felt great! It also feels great to give compliments, everyone wins when you give a compliment!
November CKM Kindness Day
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Theme:
Kindness Strengthens Relationships
Let’s put into action our kind gestures and words of encouragement.
When students know their peers value them they will be able to be confident in school and will be more willing to lend a helping hand when they are needed!
WORLD KINDNESS DAY:
November 13th
World Kindness Day is an International observance on the 13th of November. It was introduced in 1998 by
the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of nations. We think everyday should be World Kindness Day but, November 13th is the official date. Mark your calendars & get ready to do at least one random act of
kindness today.
CKM KINDNESS DAY:
November 15th, 2018
MONTHLY THEME: Kindness Strengthens Relationship
Give someone a
“Pat-on-the-Back” and “Do unto
otters as you would have otters do unto you”.
RAK FRIDAY:
The Friday after Thanksgiving in November
We think this is such a great idea—instead of shopping on Black Friday, kick off the holidays by doing a
random act of kindness
For all participating schools, prepare your Kindness Lesson by accessing our CKM Kindness Program – CLICK HERE
SAMPLE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACTIVITY
1. GIVE A PAT ON THE BACK
Objective: Students can show their peers they respect them by
looking for the good in each other.
Inspire: Sometimes a pat on the back can change a bad day into a
good day. Explain to the students that what they say matters!
Empower: Give each student the opportunity to give a “Pat on the
Back.”Give each student a piece of paper and ask the class to
trace their hand. Secretively, assign each student the name of
another student in the class. Their job is to write the student’s
name in the palm of the hand they had drawn.
Act: The student writes a kind thing about the other person on
each finger. Have the students cut out the hand and tape it to the
person whom they wrote about.
Share: Have the students share how they feel after receiving
compliments
Happy October Kindness Day!
Theme: Make KINDNESS Your SUPERPOWER
JOIN IN OUR KINDNESS DAY CHALLENGE:
Perform an intentional act of kindness today
Kindness has the power to transform difficult relationships or make relationships even more meaningful. Just by doing intentional kindness you will see the way it can impact others and change you for the better.
Every October, schools and organizations across the country join STOMP Out Bullying™ in observing National Bullying Prevention Month. The goal: encourage schools and communities to work together to stop bullying and cyber-bullying by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of bullying on all children of all ages.
Let’s teach our children/students how to use KINDNESS as their own SUPERPOWER!
Here are some great videos to show your classrooms. We hope you are taking advantage of our online Kindness curriculum.
You’re Braver Than You Believe
Be Someone’s Hero
KINDNESS DAY
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Make Kindness Your SUPERPOWER!
Thank you for a wonderful Community Kindness Week in September. The CKM will be celebrating our first Kindness Day of the 2018-19 school year this week. Please send out a reminder in your school newsletter and teacher-to-parent emails reminding parents that Kindness shirts are encouraged to be worn each Thursday and that every THIRD THURSDAY is a celebrated monthly Kindness Day. Let them know that teachers or your school kindness club will be providing a kindness lesson or class discussion on these days.
CKM KINDNESS WEEK SLIDESHOW
The CKM is putting together a slideshow from that week that you will be able to share with your students, school newsletters, and on school and business social media sites. If you have pictures from our Community Kindness Week that you would like to share, please send to CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com. The deadline is October 31st. We plan to have the slideshow available by November’s Kindness Day.
ACCESS TO ANNUAL KINDNESS PROGRAM
If your school participated in our CKM Kindness Week and was funded Kindness Shirts, your school was granted access to our annual school Kindness Program. If you are a teacher and have not received access to our Monthly Kindness Lesson Plans, please contact your school’s Kindness Coordinator for the password.
EXCITING NEWS!
More schools are joining us soon!
For schools that are not located in Idaho, they have to option to have our 2016 Yellow Kindness Shirt design.
Say " I LOVE YOU" Sunday
Show your love (your heart, your kindness, your vulnerability, your soul-shine) because it feels good.
Give because the giving is what you get.
In fact, if you have a hard time with self-love, start outside yourself and work your way in. Showing love to others can be a gateway for loving yourself.
OUR CKM KINDNESS AMBASSADORS ARE LEADING THE KINDNESS MOVEMENT!
#TheCKM - Share your kind acts with us!
CKM Kindness Video
Smile Saturday
Smiling and laughter are beneficial for your mind, body and overall well-being. Even if you’re feeling blue, crack a smile and reap the numerous health benefits of smiling.
Be the reason someone smiles today.
If you need a great reason to wear a smile – know that it makes you more attractive!
School Kindness Shirt Photos
We hope your entire school enjoyed and benefited from celebrating Kindness Week with us! Please, continue on for the next two days with the community.
Please share your School Kindness Week photos with us at: CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com.
The CKM will be putting together a Community Kindness Week slideshow. We hope to have it ready to view the first Kindness Day in October. Kindness Day is celebrate every THIRD Thursday of each month.
FRIENDLY FRIDAY IS HERE!
HAPPY FRIENDLY FRIDAY
One of the most important human needs is connection; people want to feel appreciated and respected which is why there are many benefits of being friendly with people you meet. The benefits of being friendly have been very helpful in building and maintaining relationships in every situation.
Ways to be more friendly:
- Acknowledge People
- Don’t Be Afraid To Start Conversations
- Don’t Blow People Off
- Check Your Body Language
- Invite People Out On The Regular
- Be Genuine About Your Feelings
- Be Welcoming to All
- Offer Up Some Real Compliments
- Be In Tune With Other’s Emotions
- Laugh At People’s Jokes
KINDNESS IS SPREADING
and it feels truly amazing! Wouldn't you all agree?
THANK YOU THURSDAY
The thing is, people aren’t hardwired to be grateful. And, like any skill worth having, gratitude requires practice…. Gratitude makes us happier. Gratitude strengthens relationships, improves health, reduces stress, and, in general, and makes us happier.
The CKM would like to thank every individual who has joined in to create this kindness movement. Your kindness and generosity will forever be appreciated by the Nelson Family. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
THANK YOU Mayor Tammy de Weerd and the City of Meridian
THANK YOU Councilman Joe Borton and Meridian Community Relations and CKM VP, Jody St. Martin for presenting the CKM with the Community Kindness Week Proclamation.
THANK YOU West Ada School District Dawn Tolan and Jeanne Buschine
WOW Wednesday
“WOW” someone today with a simple act of kindness!
You’ve seen it on the bus when someone offers his or her seat to an elderly person: The generous person feels noble, the elderly person beams with gratitude, and even spectators feel like cheering inside just from having witnessed a simple act of kindness.
ANONYMOUS generosity is actually one of the best forms of giving because it’s done from the heart – without any expectations of being rewarded. It gives the receiver a chance to focus on how the gift of kindness made them feel. If you can today, WOW someone anonymously.