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Writing Activities: Kindness Postcards

February 11, 2015 • 18 Comments

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Our Playful Preschool Series theme this week is all about kindness.  We have a writing activity that will showcase artistic skills and teach the kids a little character lesson too.

Send a Little Kindness

Writing activities that promote kindness from growingbookbybook.com

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Why We Chose This Writing Activity

During the winter, my kids spend more time in our art studio creating lots of art.  We truly are bursting at the seams with their creations.  This activity provided an opportunity to share some of their masterpieces.

We have also been talking about kindness this month.  Last week, we made library goodies to show kindness to our librarians and library patrons.

The kindness postcards allow us to use our artistic talents, practice our handwriting and show random acts of kindness to those in our community.

Setting Up and Creating

Materials needed: cardstock, scissors, glue stick, drawing utensils, telephone book, postcard stamps

1.  Divide the cardstock into four equal sections.  Let your child cut along the lines to create four pieces/postcards. This is helpful for working on fine motor skills.

writing activities: decorating postcards

2.  On one side of the postcard decorate directly on the card or glue a previously made piece of art onto the cardstock.

3.  On the back side of the postcard draw a vertical line to divide it in half.

4.  Open the phone book and randomly pick a person.  Record the name and address onto the right side of the postcard.  You will probably need to look up the zip code on the postal service website.

writing activities: add a kindness message

5.  On the left side of the postcard, have your child write a short message such as “Have a great day!”  I wrote the text and had my reluctant writer trace over the letters.

6.  Place a stamp in the top right corner.

7.  Continue to make postcards until you meet your completion goal.

8.  Take a trip to the post office to mail your cards.  Enjoy the idea of knowing that you will be brightening someone’s day!

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Keep reading.  Visit the links below for more great kindness ideas from the #playfulpreschool team!

Writing Kind Notes with Alphabet Stamps by Mom Inspired Life
7 Songs to Teach Kindness By The Educators’ Spin On It
How many kind hands am I tall? – measuring with hands by Rainy Day Mum
Teaching Kids Kindness by Making Cards for Sick Children by Capri + 3
Virtual Kindness Notes from Kids by Still Playing School

Kindness Activities Preschool Chart by Fun-A-Day

Teaching Preschoolers Kindness with Bob and Larry by Life Over C’s

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Marg says

    February 16, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Great idea!

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  2. Emma says

    February 15, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    what a wonderfully kind idea – i love it! thanks for linking up with fabulously frugal and we hope to see you next week.

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  3. Danielle says

    February 11, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    LOVE these! They are beautiful and a wonderful way to spread kindness. We are going to make some this week!

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  4. Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says

    February 11, 2015 at 11:57 am

    What a lovely idea kind of like kindness bombing 😀

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  5. Theresa says

    February 11, 2015 at 8:31 am

    I am sure one of these cards would make people smile and would give them a sense of mystery and excitement wondering who sent them.

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  6. Devany says

    February 11, 2015 at 6:48 am

    These would sure cheer anyone up! So thoughtful!

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  7. Amanda says

    February 11, 2015 at 5:48 am

    Awe – these would be cute left on car windshields or a neighbors door too.

    Reply

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