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Chalice Lighting: We light our chalice as a symbol of the Light within us and the life that flows through the world around us. - Brian C. Lee

Icebreaker: What does it mean to be kind? Can you give an example of kindness?

This one line chalice lighting can be used at the beginning of every session to help children become familiar with the ritual.

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🎨 Niko Draws a Feeling (YouTube) (5:56)

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The Kindness Song | Official Lyric Video | Songs for School (YouTube) (2:52)

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Create kindness cards. Give each student a card or couple of cards with the prompt “My favorite thing about you…” or “I show kindness by…”

Encourage participants to be creative in drawing, writing to express their response to the question. On the back you can write who they intend to share the card with if they need assistance. Encourage them to share their cards with a loved one or someone in their group.

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Chalice Extinguish: We extinguish this light, but not the light within or the life that surrounds us.

This one line chalice extinguishing can be used at the end of every session to help children become familiar with the ritual.

Take Home

Random Acts of Kindness Posters (pdf) Print and share these kindness posters as reminders of the ways to be kind.

Books: Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer is a board book that provides great examples of what kindness could be. It gives children ideas of how they could express their kindness, and would be excellent for early discussions about kindness.

Tomorrow I’ll be Kind by Jessica Hische gives examples of positive actions like being helpful when someone is in need, being patient and waiting for others, not giving up, being gentle to all creatures big and small, showing tenderness, appreciating what you have, and honesty.

Movie:Trolls (2016) The Trolls live in happiness, singing, dancing and hugging all day. However, they are discovered by the Bergens, large miserable creatures, who can feel happy only after eating a Troll. When their village is invaded by the grumpy Bergens, two mismatched friends must work together in perfect harmony to save the Trolls.