A Kindness Tree

Activity Name: A Kindness Tree

Age group: 3 to 5 years old
Number of children: 10
Length of Time: 15 to 20 minutes

Area of Development: Emotional & Social Skills

Goal of the Activity: Promoting emotional, cognitive development and social skills.

Objective of the activity: The children will be able to identify kindness and relate to it.

Materials Required:

o        Chart of the friendship tree

o        pre-cut heartshaped, flowers felt sheet of any color

Introduction: Greetings! Introduce the activity to the children.

My role: Facilitator & helper

Detailed Progression of the Activity: 

1.                Have your children name ways that they can be nice to people.

2.               Asks questions to stimulate ideas like how can they be nice to other children.

3.               Ask the children t share ways that they have been kind or help with others.

4.               Let them choose the pre-cut shapes of felt sheets and attach it to the friendship tree.

Transition: If you’re Happy and you know it, This is the Way I move

Extensions:

·                  making their own friendship tree

·                  show & tell