SMILE SATURDAY 2017

SMILE SATURDAY 2017

SMILE SATURDAY

There is magic in smiling,  A smile may seem like an involuntary response to something cute or funny, but it is much more than that. Studies suggest that smiling, forced or not, can have a positive effect on your mood, decrease stress levels, and even make everyone around you feel better.

Awesome Benefits of Smiling

1. Smiling is contagious
2. Smiling lowers stress and anxiety
3. Smiling releases endorphins
4. You’ll be more attractive
5. Smiling strengthens your immune system
6. You’ll be more approachable
7. Smiling will make you more comfortable
8. You’ll seem more trustworthy
9. You’ll be a better leader

 

KINDNESS SPOTLIGHT

Mayor’s Youth Council Safety Summit on Friendly Friday

 

 

Friendly Friday 2017

Friendly Friday 2017

KINDNESS WEEK SPOTLIGHT

 View KTVB News Coverage on CKM KINDNESS WEEK at Liberty Elementary School

CLICK HERE: KTVB Channel 7 New Report – 2017 KINDNESS WEEK

 

HAPPY FRIENDLY FRIDAY

Make a NEW FRIEND or be an EXCEPTIONAL FRIEND

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:

  1. Acknowledge People 
  2. Don’t Be Afraid To Start Conversations
  3. Don’t Blow People Off
  4. Check Your Body Language
  5. Invite People Out On The Regular
  6. Be Genuine About Your Feelings
  7. Be Welcoming to All
  8. Offer Up Some Real Compliments
  9. Be In Tune With Other’s Emotions
  10. Laugh At People’s Jokes

 

Liberty Elementary School – Boise, ID

What an awesome Thank You Thursday!

 

 

Thank You Thursday 2017

Thank You Thursday 2017

Thank You Thursday

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.  All these benefits sound like the Science of Kindness that we teach at the assemblies.

 The CKM is full of GRATITUDE this week! We have received news of a generous local sponsorship donation that will fully fund our New Kindness Video. Also we will received news on Tuesday and Wednesday that we are being awarded not just one, but TWO GRANTS. It’s been very moving and appreciated. We will make sure the every dollar is well spent in empowering kids. The CKM will make announcements with what is to come in the coming months. THANK YOU!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOW Wednesday 2017

WOW Wednesday 2017

Happy 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.

Tell Them Tuesday 2017

Tell Them Tuesday 2017

Tell Them Tuesday

When you go out of your way to say something nice and give thoughtful praise to another person, it amplifies your self-confidence and nourishes your self-esteem. You can make someone’s day by sharing your positivism in the form of a genuine compliment.

HAPPY 2017 KINDNESS WEEK!

HAPPY 2017 KINDNESS WEEK!

HAPPY KINDNESS WEEK EVERYONE!

Today is Mix-It-Up Monday

  • Challenge your students/children to sit by someone new at school lunch today (someone they don’t normally sit by). You could also pack them an extra snack to share with a friend.
  • Surprise someone for lunch
  • Go out to lunch with a friend, a group of friends, or with a special someone.
  • Enjoy lunch at the park with your kids
  • Enjoy a sit down dinner with your family to plan your Acts of Kindness this week.
  • Do anything your heart desires. Just Mix-It-Up!

 

 

2017 Kindness Week Planning

2017 Kindness Week Planning

Let’s get ready for the CKM 2017 KINDNESS WEEK! 

It’s time to send out your Parent Flyer by tomorrow.

For participating schools, you should have received a pass code to access our CKM Booklet. We recommend printing off our Kindness Beings with Me Curriculum, it will be a great resource in planning your school’s Kindness Week and the Monthly Kindness Days.

KINDNESS WEEK ACTS OF KINDNESS CALENDAR

 

We understand that majority of the schools have viewed our 2015 Kindness Video the last few years. You are welcome to show it again this year or we have slide shows available on our website to use – CLICK HERE

We are excited to announce that we will be filming a NEW KINDNESS VIDEO in the next month.  We will be announcing filming dates soon. The video will be filmed by a local filmmaker and the location will be at Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho. We are inviting local kids to participate. 

 

 

 

 

 

2017 Kindness T-Shirt Update for Kindness Week

2017 Kindness T-Shirt Update for Kindness Week

All 2017 Kindness T-Shirt Orders placed by September 1st, will be delivered no later than Friday, September 15th!

We know that you all need them for Kindness Week starting on MONDAY, September 18th! WE ARE EXCITED!

Join us on our Community Kindness Movement Facebook Page for daily Acts of Kindness reminders and updates during Kindness Week.

Stay tuned. We will be sending out a helpful Kindness Week Planning Newsletter.

THANK YOU NEW DAY PRODUCTS for always doing such a great job on the Kindness T-Shirts for us! We love you guys!

 

NEW CKM CLASSROOM CONCEPT

NEW CKM CLASSROOM CONCEPT

 CKM ANNOUNCEMENT:

The CKM has seen the demand for a New Classroom Concept rollout to help make our Kindness Begins with Me Program more accessible to many other classrooms around the State of Idaho. We conceive that our NEW Classroom Concept will allow more teachers and parents to be able to support a Kindness Program for their own students and kids.

In the last couple of years, we have had AWESOME teachers whom have shared the vision in implementing our program and took it upon themselves to gather business and parent sponsors to fund their classrooms with Kindness T-Shirts. We would like to encourage more of this concept and know that it will help bring more of a personal investment and bring added awareness to the cause. We realize that funding entire schools takes ALOT of funding and grants and greatly appreciated the PTA and PTOs that continue to do this. The CKM will still will highly encourage and support full funding of entire schools. Through this experience the CKM has seen how amazing teachers implement our Kindness/Bullying Prevention program in their own classrooms and we THANK YOU!

When the CKM receives funds from fundraising events, business sponsors, or grants, we will open the eligibility for teachers to apply. We are excited about this NEW CLASSROOM CONCEPT and hope parents will be excited too! Parents, now is your chance to have the Kindness Program for your kids in their own classrooms!

HOW TO GET STARTED IN 8 EASY STEPS:

  1. Contact your child’s teacher and introduce the CKM Program. COMING SOON – Parent/Teacher Flyer to give out with all the information.
  • We will include or make accessible (1) Kindness Begins with Me Planning Booklet in your teacher order.
    • We ask that they support a Kindness Week for their students. The entire week curriculum is planned or they can join in their own school’s planned Kindness Week.
    • Have your teacher remind their students and encourage parents through the teacher newsletter, to wear the Kindness shirt each Thursday to build the habit of wearing them, especially every third (3rd) Thursday for Kindness Day. The Kindness t-shirts are the most valuable visual learning tool, they bring a constant remembrance.
    • Each month has a Kindness Theme and a monthly Kindness celebrated every third (3rd) Thursday. They can use our booklet to plan a 15 minute Kindness Lesson for this day. The CKM Booklet has suggested classroom activities, media, and books to read. The program is all planned for them to implement. Your teachers can also choose to do a 5-10 minute Kindness lesson each Thursday if they want to do that too. The program is what you make of it.
  1. Have them fill out the Kindness T-Shirt Order Forms attached and collect them.
  2. Go to our website at www.CommunityKindnessMovement.com and click on the ORDER TAB. Fill out their classroom order.
  3. Add your email and your teacher’s email in our notes section to be added to be added to our CKM Newsletter and for correspondence.
  4. Double check contact information, class order, then pay, and submit. It’s that easy!
  5. We will include (1) Kindness Begins with Me Planning Booklet in your order for your teacher.
  6. Enjoy an AWESOME Program for your kid’s classroom and THANK YOU for your generous ACT OF KINDNESS!
  7. Contact the CKM at CommunityKindessMovement@gmail.com if you have any questions!

 

 

KINDNESS T-SHIRT BULK ORDER DEADLINE is this Friday, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2017.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

Yellow T-Shirt Order Form

Black T-Shirt Order Form

After September 1st, the Yellow Kindness T-Shirts will be $5.00/per student and teacher.

By ordering the Kindness T-Shirts, the Kindness Beings with Me Program will be included.

Thank You TEACHERS and PARENTS!

 

 

 

 

Kindness T-Shirt Order Forms

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

It’s TIME to distribute your Kindness T-Shirt Order Forms

Kindnesss T-Shirt ORDER FORM DUE DATE – AUGUST 30th, 2017

Send them to CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com

 

 

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