Learning to work as part of a team is important for young children supporting the development of many social skills, such as patience, empathy, communication, respect for others, compromise and perspective.

Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. It requires a certain level of awareness, concern, caregiving and empathy. The benefits of showing compassion are numerous.

Empathy is the awareness and understanding of another person's thoughts, feelings, and circumstances. The ability to co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person may have. Understanding others' feelings and needs helps young people make and keep friends, encourages tolerance and acceptance of others promoting good mental health.

Thankfulness is a socio-emotional habit that young children explore from an early age. Creating a gratitude tree helps young children express appreciation for the people and events that influence their lives. By understanding thankfulness young children can build sensitivities towards the feelings of others, develop empathy and other life-skills.

This activity uses true and false cards to help young children decipher the difference between fact and fiction. Humour and exaggerated stories help model the differences between the two concepts.

Young children may not have the vocabulary to express understandings of humility but using puppets will give them the opportunity to explore actions, scenarios and feelings.

Young children love simple visual and verbal humour such as silly antics, songs, games, funny rhymes and stories. ‘Funny’ Show and Tell encourages children to share an item or story, song or rhyme that their friends will find funny.

The Kindness Curriculum encourages the inclusion of ‘mindfulness meditations’ in daily activities. Children and students can engage in the practices independently or collectively to experience the current moment, ‘be present’ and integrate that awareness into everyday life. The activities are suitable for all ages!

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

Acknowledging positive experiences and achievements has a major impact on positive thinking. A ‘You Did It’ jar provides opportunities for children, parents/caregivers and teachers to recognise the accomplishments of young children.

Young children build understandings of feelings and emotions from birth. The ’Feelings cards’ provide children opportunities to explore, identify, label and talk about a range of emotions using visual cues to build vocabulary and label everyday emotions contributing to well-being.

Good relationships early in life help children to connect with others, build positive friendships and support children to self-regulate their emotions. Trust is a key component of relationships. Building trust with young children requires collaborative action between teachers and caregivers.

Learning to work as part of a team is important for young children supporting the development of many social skills, such as patience, empathy, communication, respect for others, compromise and perspective.

Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. It requires a certain level of awareness, concern, caregiving and empathy. The benefits of showing compassion are numerous.

Empathy is the awareness and understanding of another person's thoughts, feelings, and circumstances. The ability to co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person may have. Understanding others' feelings and needs helps young people make and keep friends, encourages tolerance and acceptance of others promoting good mental health.

Thankfulness is a socio-emotional habit that young children explore from an early age. Creating a gratitude tree helps young children express appreciation for the people and events that influence their lives. By understanding thankfulness young children can build sensitivities towards the feelings of others, develop empathy and other life-skills.

This activity uses true and false cards to help young children decipher the difference between fact and fiction. Humour and exaggerated stories help model the differences between the two concepts.

Young children may not have the vocabulary to express understandings of humility but using puppets will give them the opportunity to explore actions, scenarios and feelings.

Young children love simple visual and verbal humour such as silly antics, songs, games, funny rhymes and stories. ‘Funny’ Show and Tell encourages children to share an item or story, song or rhyme that their friends will find funny.

The Kindness Curriculum encourages the inclusion of ‘mindfulness meditations’ in daily activities. Children and students can engage in the practices independently or collectively to experience the current moment, ‘be present’ and integrate that awareness into everyday life. The activities are suitable for all ages!

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

Acknowledging positive experiences and achievements has a major impact on positive thinking. A ‘You Did It’ jar provides opportunities for children, parents/caregivers and teachers to recognise the accomplishments of young children.

Young children build understandings of feelings and emotions from birth. The ’Feelings cards’ provide children opportunities to explore, identify, label and talk about a range of emotions using visual cues to build vocabulary and label everyday emotions contributing to well-being.

Good relationships early in life help children to connect with others, build positive friendships and support children to self-regulate their emotions. Trust is a key component of relationships. Building trust with young children requires collaborative action between teachers and caregivers.

Learning to work as part of a team is important for young children supporting the development of many social skills, such as patience, empathy, communication, respect for others, compromise and perspective.

Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. It requires a certain level of awareness, concern, caregiving and empathy. The benefits of showing compassion are numerous.

Empathy is the awareness and understanding of another person's thoughts, feelings, and circumstances. The ability to co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person may have. Understanding others' feelings and needs helps young people make and keep friends, encourages tolerance and acceptance of others promoting good mental health.

Thankfulness is a socio-emotional habit that young children explore from an early age. Creating a gratitude tree helps young children express appreciation for the people and events that influence their lives. By understanding thankfulness young children can build sensitivities towards the feelings of others, develop empathy and other life-skills.

This activity uses true and false cards to help young children decipher the difference between fact and fiction. Humour and exaggerated stories help model the differences between the two concepts.

Young children may not have the vocabulary to express understandings of humility but using puppets will give them the opportunity to explore actions, scenarios and feelings.

Young children love simple visual and verbal humour such as silly antics, songs, games, funny rhymes and stories. ‘Funny’ Show and Tell encourages children to share an item or story, song or rhyme that their friends will find funny.

The Kindness Curriculum encourages the inclusion of ‘mindfulness meditations’ in daily activities. Children and students can engage in the practices independently or collectively to experience the current moment, ‘be present’ and integrate that awareness into everyday life. The activities are suitable for all ages!

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

Acknowledging positive experiences and achievements has a major impact on positive thinking. A ‘You Did It’ jar provides opportunities for children, parents/caregivers and teachers to recognise the accomplishments of young children.

Young children build understandings of feelings and emotions from birth. The ’Feelings cards’ provide children opportunities to explore, identify, label and talk about a range of emotions using visual cues to build vocabulary and label everyday emotions contributing to well-being.

Good relationships early in life help children to connect with others, build positive friendships and support children to self-regulate their emotions. Trust is a key component of relationships. Building trust with young children requires collaborative action between teachers and caregivers.

Being assigned classroom jobs gives young children responsibility and a sense of belonging in their class community. Collaborating to create and assign jobs helps to build a sense of agency in young children.

The simple acts of giving and receiving hugs are demonstrations of kindness, compassion, and empathy. Share a Hug is an activity in which students can show care for others and acknowledge their feelings, allowing them to wrap their arms around someone or something.

Empathy is the awareness and understanding of another person's thoughts, feelings, and circumstances. The ability to co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person may have. Understanding others' feelings and needs helps young people make and keep friends, encourages tolerance and acceptance of others promoting good mental health.

Thankfulness is a socio-emotional habit that young children explore from an early age. Creating a gratitude tree helps young children express appreciation for the people and events that influence their lives. By understanding thankfulness young children can build sensitivities towards the feelings of others, develop empathy and other life-skills.

This activity uses true and false cards to help young children decipher the difference between fact and fiction. Humour and exaggerated stories help model the differences between the two concepts.

Young children may not have the vocabulary to express understandings of humility but using puppets will give them the opportunity to explore actions, scenarios and feelings.

Young children love simple visual and verbal humour such as silly antics, songs, games, funny rhymes and stories. ‘Funny’ Show and Tell encourages children to share an item or story, song or rhyme that their friends will find funny.

The Kindness Curriculum encourages the inclusion of ‘mindfulness meditations’ in daily activities. Children and students can engage in the practices independently or collectively to experience the current moment, ‘be present’ and integrate that awareness into everyday life. The activities are suitable for all ages!

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

Acknowledging positive experiences and achievements has a major impact on positive thinking. A ‘You Did It’ jar provides opportunities for children, parents/caregivers and teachers to recognise the accomplishments of young children.

Young children build understandings of feelings and emotions from birth. The ’Feelings cards’ provide children opportunities to explore, identify, label and talk about a range of emotions using visual cues to build vocabulary and label everyday emotions contributing to well-being.

Good relationships early in life help children to connect with others, build positive friendships and support children to self-regulate their emotions. Trust is a key component of relationships. Building trust with young children requires collaborative action between teachers and caregivers.