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Growing Your Child's Character at Home
Growing Your Child's Character at Home
The following resources will be helpful in supporting social-emotional growth for your kiddo. Check out the links provided as well as featured stories with conversation starters to expand the thinking.
Kindness/Empathy
Kindness/Empathy
Featured Book: Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
Targeted Character Traits: Kindness, Empathy
This is a story of a girl who thinks about how to help support another student during a sad moment at school, and how she helps to spread kindness with small acts and gestures.
How can we spread more kindness?
Tell me about a time when you saw kindness grow.
Take some time to write a letter or draw a picture to send some love and kindness to a friend or family member
Featured Book: Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Targeted Character Traits: Kindness, Empathy, Inclusion
This story is about a girl that learns that her actions (positive or negative) go into the world like a ripple or domino effect. We never know what is going on in someone else's life or how our simple act of kindness can impact them or fill their bucket.
Instilling Resilience
Instilling Resilience
Resilience guide for parents and teachers
20 Awesome Children’s Books About Resilience (Sorted by Age)
27 Resilience Activities and Worksheets for Students and Adults (+PDFs)
Featured Book: The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett
Targeted Character Traits: Stress, Perfectionism, Flexibility
This story helps support students who experience frustration with perfectionism. Use this story to practice flexibility and persistence.
Anti-Bullying Awareness
Anti-Bullying Awareness
Featured Book: One by Kathryn Otoshi
Targeted Character Traits: Problem Solving, Friendship,
This is an inspiring story of feelings and how it just takes the courage of only One to stand up and make a change.
How can we support others in a teasing situation?
What happens when we don't stand up and use good problem solving skills?
Student Anxiety
Student Anxiety
8 Ways To Teach Mindfulness to Kids
Mindful Practices for Families
Picture Books That Introduce Mindfulness and Meditation to Kids
Parents: The Benefits of Yoga for Kids
Featured Book: Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook
Targeted Character Traits: Anxiety, Stress, Perfectionism
This story promotes conversations surrounding stress and anxiety. The back of the book is filled with tools and strategies to continue exploring the topic.
Confidence
Confidence
Child Mind Institute: 12 Tips for Raising Confident Kids
Children's Books for Building Confidence
25 Things You Can do Right Now To Build A Child's Confidence
Featured Book: Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Targeted Character Traits: Self Confidence, Inclusivity, Celebrating Uniqueness
A fun story about a giraffe who learns to listen to his own music and trust that he can do what he sets his mind out to do.
What does it feel like to be Gerald?
How can we avoid being the lions?
How can we be more like the cricket?
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