Kid Kindness At School

Social skills are founded on kindness and awareness of others' experiences. I have used this meditation in schools to work with expanding kindness and awareness of each aspect in an interaction. This is a great practice to spark a conversation about how our actions impact ourselves and others. This can be used in groups, classrooms and individually as well.

Transcript

There is no limit to how you can show kindness to others.

Kindness connects people to other people.

Showing kindness can help someone else feel good about themselves and you feel good about yourself.

Find a way to get comfortable,

Whether you're sitting or laying down,

And focus on your breath.

You do not need to control your breath.

Just focus on it.

Imagine that you're at school and you notice one of your fellow students.

Maybe it's a new student.

Maybe they've been going to school with you for years.

They're standing all alone watching everyone play.

You notice that they're looking down at the ground.

Think about what it's like to be new at a school or to feel left out.

School can be hard with so many different types of personalities.

You begin to think about how they might be feeling.

Maybe they're nervous.

Maybe lonely.

Maybe they're worried people won't like them.

You walk up,

Smile,

And say hi.

They smile and look relieved.

You invite them to join you,

And they smile again.

Think and notice how do you feel about yourself inviting them?

How does your body feel?

Do you feel different?

Being kind connects you to other people.

Being kind helps you and helps others.

When you're ready,

You can open your eyes and turn your attention to the room.

Lauric when he turned his head to taxpayers' lawns,

Was he blind enough to see what was here?

You

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