Topic 1
What is kindness?
Kindness is the voluntary act of being friendly and generous toward others and oneself without expecting anything in return. It involves empathy, compassion, and taking action to support, include, or help others, which strengthens relationships and fosters a positive community.
What is bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive, and repetitive behavior involving a real or perceived power imbalance, intended to cause physical or emotional harm.
What is responsibility?
Responsibility is the ability to take ownership of one’s own words, actions, and tasks, acknowledging mistakes, and understanding that choices influence outcomes. It involves reliability in fulfilling roles, practicing accountability, and making constructive decisions that consider ethical standards, safety, and consequences.
What is self awareness?
Self awareness is the ability to recognize one's own emotions, thoughts, and understand how they personally feel.
For example, knowing why something makes you sad, mad, etc...
What are social skills?
Social skills are verbal and nonverbal abilities - such as communication, empathy, and active listening skills. These social skills help us talk to peers, friends, and help us build relationships.
What is an example of how you can show kindness to a student at school.
(Any answer may count)
Including sitting with them at lunch, offering them a snack, helping them carry items to class, etc...
What are the different types of bullying?
Physical bullying: Shoving, Hitting, Kicking
Verbal / Social bullying: Saying mean things or calling mean names
Cyberbullying: Bullying online, sending mean messages
Where are setting you can show responsibility?
- In your community
- At home
True or False: Self-awareness does not affect our feelings.
False. Self-awareness does affect our feelings. It can make it feel sad, upset, anxiety, etc... over things we may not like. It may also help us feel loved, happy, and confident when we do things that bring us joy.
Social skills help us form relationships. Who can we form relationships with?
- teachers
- friends / other students
- peers
Why is kindness important?
It helps us build trust, reduces stress, and creates a positive environment.
Someone is being unkind and bullying another student at school. What can you do?
You can stand up for them person being bullied. You can ask them if they are okay, if they would like to talk about it, and if they would want to be included.
Give me an example of how you can show responsibility at school.
(any answers can be accepted)
- Completing work on time
- Helping classmates
- Listening when the teacher talks and asks you to do something
Self awareness helps us build confidence. What does confidence mean?
Confidence is used to help us believe in ourselves, such as knowing we can achieve something. Confidence can help us feel good / positive within ourselves. Confidence can help us manage emotions, handle challenges, etc...
True or false: We can use social skills to feel and show empathy for other.
True. We use social skills to feel and show empathy. We can say things such as, "I am so sorry that happened to you. Can I help?"
How can you be kind to yourself?
By taking care of yourself - such as selfcare, doing things that make you happy. For example: using positive self talk such as "I am a good friend." or treating yourself to things you personally enjoy.
What should I do if I am being bullied?
Tell an adult; such as your teacher, parent, or someone at school.
Give me an example of how you can show responsibility at home.
(any answers can be accepted)
- Walking the dog
- Doing your laundry, taking out trash, etc...
- Listening to your parents when they ask you to do something
What are some things that can make us feel confident?
- Being good at a sport
- Making good grades
- When we get a hair cut
- When we get a new shirt or toy
- When we make a new friend
We have discussed 'Positive Self-Talk" before. What does that mean?
5 extra points if you can provide an example of Positive Self-Talk.
Positive self-talk is used by saying positive affirmations to ourselves when we are having negative thoughts and feelings. Changing negative thoughts into positive ones.
Example: (any answer will count) - We can say things such as, "I can do this!" "I am strong and will complete the task."
You see a new classmate sitting alone at lunch. How can you show them kindness.
You can show them kindness by introducing yourself, asking them their name, and inviting them to come sit with you.
True or False: Bullies are always bigger and older.
False: Bullies are not always bigger or older. They can be people who are in your class, or grades younger than you. They can be boys or girls, and may be shorter or smaller than you.
Give me an example of how you can show responsibility in your community.
(any answers can be accepted)
- Holding the door for someone
- Throwing your trash away when you leave an area
- Keeping your space clean
- Listening / speaking to others
What can self awareness help us accomplish?
Self awareness can help us manage our thoughts and emotions better, build stronger relationships, and allows for us to make growth when we make personal mistakes.
What is an example of a negative social skill?
A negative social skill can include interrupting someone when they are talking, not listening to then, and not speaking back when they talk or ask a question.