Downloads & Activities For Home & School
Sharing Is Caring
For Home
Sharing Basket:
Have your child pick a toy or snack to share with a family member.
Kindness Jar: Each time your child shares or shows kindness, place a stone or bead in a jar. When it’s full,
celebrate together.
In The Classroom
Sharing Circle:
Students bring one small item from home and swap stories about why it’s special and how it might feel to share it.
Challenge Activity
Create a Challenge Chart to encourage your child or students to practice sharing every day this week. Each time they do, draw a paw print (or place a gold sticker) on their chart.
Truth Grows Here
For Home
Kindness scavenger hunt
Child tries to do in one day.
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help without being asked
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say “I’m sorry” sincerely
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tell the truth about something small
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include someone
Truth Jar
At home, keep a jar labeled:
Times I Told the Truth
Kids add slips when they:
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admit a mistake
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return something
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speak up kindly
Read them at week’s end.
For School
Freeze the Moment” drama activity
Students act out the story while the teacher says “Freeze!”
Freeze at key moments:
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Felix sees the berries
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Tilly sees Felix take them
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Lulu discovers the berries are gone
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Felix admits the truth
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Everyone forgives him
Ask:
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What is Felix thinking right now?
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What is Tilly feeling?
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What could each character do next?
Builds empathy & speaking skills
A Friend In Need
For Home
Friendship Recipe:
Write a recipe titled “How to Make a Good Friend”
Include “ingredients” like:
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2 cups of kindness
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1 spoon of honesty
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3 smiles
Helping Hands:
Trace your hand. Write in the fingers 5 ways to help.
Beaver Builder Challenge
Gather blocks, sticks, or recycled materials.
•Work together to “build a dam” that can hold back small toy animals. Talk about how teamwork makes building easier and more fun.
Ladybug Kindness Hunt
Hide paper ladybugs (or stickers) around the room. On each one, write an act of kindness (e.g., “Give a hug,” “Say thank you,” “Help a friend”).
•Children find a ladybug and complete the kindness challenge.
Friendship Rainbow Craft
Provide paper and crayons or paints. Children draw a rainbow and write (or dictate) the names of friends who make their lives brighter. Display the rainbows as a reminder that friends bring color to our days.
Act It Out
Re-enact scenes from the story in small groups. Have one child play Benny, another play Lulu, and others be the helpers. Discuss: “How did Benny feel when he was stuck? How did Lulu feel when she helped?”
Reflection Circle
Gather children in a circle
. •Ask: “What makes someone a good friend?”
•Encourage each child to share one way they can be like Lulu this week.
Happy To Be Me
For Home
Mirror Message:
Have your child stand in front of a
mirror and say one positive thing about themselves each day.
Celebration Board:
Create a board where your child can post drawings, notes, or pictures of things they are proud of.
In the Classroom
All About Me Poster:
Each student creates a poster that showcases their favorite things, strengths, and dreams. Display them to celebrate uniqueness.
Compliment Circle:
Students sit in a circle and give one another kind compliments, focusing on their character and talents.
Challenge Activity
Encourage your child or student to keep a “Happy to Be Me” journal for one week. Each day, they write (or draw) one thing they like about themselves. At the end of the week, share and celebrate together as a reminder of how wonderful it is to be unique,
Milo and the Bullying Band
For Home
Kindness Coupon Book
Create small “kindness coupons” inspired by Milo’s friends:
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sit with someone who is alone
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give a compliment
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help clean up
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include someone new in play
Let the child draw pictures on each coupon.
Practice Brave Words
Role-play key moments:
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What could Milo say to the bullying band?
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What could a friend say?
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What would YOU say?
Prompts to practice:
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“Please stop. I don’t like that.”
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“That hurts my feelings.”
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“Let’s do something else.”
Make it a game:
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Parent plays bully script lightly
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Child tries three different responses
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Celebrate assertiveness, not aggression.
For School
Compliment Circle
Students give authentic, specific compliments:
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“You helped me with math.”
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“You played with me at recess.”
Rules:
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no appearance-only compliments
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must be kind + specific
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everyone receives one
Downloads
Lady Bug Hunt
Paw Prints for Certificates
A Friend In Need-coloring page
Certificate-Level One
Sharing Is Caring-Coloring Page
Truth Grows Here-coloring page
Certificate-Level Two
Happy To Be Me-coloring page
Milo and the Bully Band-coloring page
