Feelings and kindness
My Feelings Weather Report
Show today’s feelings as weather: sunny, cloudy, stormy or something brand new.
Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Ways to Say Hello
Collect ways to greet people (words, waves, languages) and draw a friendly hello.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Kids practice
- welcoming others, cultures and languages, communication
What kids do
“An alien just landed and wants to learn how we say hello. Teach it!”
- Hello in words (any language)
- Hello without words
- Draw yourself saying hello to the alien
- My favorite hello is… because…
How to run it
- Invite kids who speak other languages to teach the class a hello.
- Hellos without words: wave, high five, bow, fist bump, smile.
- Pick a class “hello of the week”.
Talk about it
- How does a warm hello make someone feel?
- Why do people greet each other differently?
- How would you say hello to someone who is shy?
Take it further
Make a hello poster in all the languages your class knows.
Pairs well with
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