Spring is in the air! Kids – and adults – are eager to get outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. Nothing is more invigorating to get us moving than blue skies that are abundant with sunshine. Now is the perfect time to take that energy and use it to spread some love and kindness to others. Here are seven ways you can show acts of kindness this spring.
Offer to plant a flower or vegetable garden for an elderly neighbor or family member. Kids get kindness bonus points if they take care of the garden throughout the season.
Encourage the children to beautify their surroundings. Help them organize a community spring cleaning event with siblings, friends, and schoolmates, picking up trash at a local park or beach.
If you’re out with the kids and notice a car parked at a meter that is about to expire, count some change to leave in the meter. Do it the same for someone who is short in change at the coffee shop or ice cream parlor.
Bake a batch of cookies with the children and have them share them around the neighborhood just as a nice surprise. If you don’t have the time to bake, make a quick stop to the baked goods aisle. You guys will likely make someone’s day.
Before you and the kids return borrowed books to the library, encourage and/or help them write friendly and uplifting notes to leave in between the pages for the next reader.
As a spontaneous act of kindness and recognition, kids can write a Thank You note for the people they appreciate and interact with often, like a school bus driver, mail carrier, FedEd/UPS person, dog walker, building superintendent / doormen/women, librarian, tutor, coach, babysitter, etc.
Set up a lemonade stand to sell lemonade for a good cause. Donate the funds you raise to a local charity of their choice.
With trees budding, flowers blooming, and the world coming alive, now is the perfect time to spring into action with acts of kindness.
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