Teaching about kindness and acceptance is always time well spent, especially at Christmas.
Here’s a fun and FREE activity to share with your class!
Santa’s long beard is filled with acts of kindness for children to complete. The tasks are simple, such as “Smile at as many people as you can today” or “Give a compliment”.
Students trim each task off of Santa’s beard as the task is completed! This makes for wonderful discussions as students share their experience and feelings after spreading kindness. You may wish to keep a journal about them, or create a class book to remember the details from students.
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Due to the popularity of this craft, I’ve added several versions to choose from over the years. You can now choose from a printable PDF or EDITABLE PowerPoint file (so you can add your own acts of kindness to each section to make it more personal to your classroom or family). Both choices include both color and black/white, as well as different size options. You can also customize the size with your printer settings.
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Oh, Susanna … this is brilliant! I've just shared it on my What's Under Your Cape? FB page! Thanks much.
Barbara
Thank you SO much Barbara! I appreciate that! xo
These are just perfect for my kinder-bears. They will be a great way to work on our sentence building and our mechanics, too. I know these will produce some wonderful memories for parents to stash away for the future. Thank you.
This is great! Thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful ideas and creations with us!
That Kindness Santa is SO adorable!!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Julie
Thank you Julie! We love to make them each year! 🙂