What Does Kindness Look Like?
How to Make A Kindness Album
Start Taking Photos
Photos from daily experience offer relevance because the album is literally about the children. Zoom in on a single interaction on a bustling playground or in a busy classroom. Smart phones make it possible to take multiple images in seconds. When you see an exchange that you want to highlight, snap a few discreet photos.
In these photos, children are not posing or smiling for the camera; rather, they are engaged with what they are doing with their classmates, siblings or friends. Focus on the interaction itself. Look for children comforting and helping each other. Images of caring for animals and plants can convey thoughtful moments, as do pictures of children interacting with adults. Consider shooting a series.
In these photos, children are not posing or smiling for the camera; rather, they are engaged with what they are doing with their classmates, siblings or friends. Focus on the interaction itself. Look for children comforting and helping each other. Images of caring for animals and plants can convey thoughtful moments, as do pictures of children interacting with adults. Consider shooting a series.
Discuss Photos As Album The Grows
Print out the photos to place in the book. With each new page, ask the pictured children to tell you what their page should say. Write up their words and place it at the bottom of the page under the photo, resembling picture book text.
Share the book with children every time you add a picture and invite them to talk about what they see.
You'll have more and more to talk about as the year progresses. You may start noticing new ways that children are supporting each other. You will also be able to look back at the expanding book chronicling children’s growth.
You'll have more and more to talk about as the year progresses. You may start noticing new ways that children are supporting each other. You will also be able to look back at the expanding book chronicling children’s growth.
Read Frequently Over Time
Make the book a part of daily life. At school, children can read it on their own during quiet reading time, with parents during drop off, or with each other. Teachers can also share the book at parent/teacher conferences to offer concrete examples of a child’s social-emotional development over time.
