I pulled long lists today addressing a troll from the net of
more positive things to do, I have to go ready a classroom for a new year, maybe this can help me recall the "whys.' So here is what I found. I'll try and get the links to the sites .
Need to write mine for sure.....so list time....
PLEASE READ HERE , it is a wonderful reason to tackle a list with 100 ideas and how to go about it, brilliant.
100 Ways ...to...
100 IDEAS FOR KINDNESS Acts:1. Deliver fresh-baked cookies to city workers.
2. Collect goods for a food bank.
3. Bring flowers to work and share them with coworkers.
4. Garden clubs can make floral arrangements for senior centers, nursing homes, hospitals, police stations, or shut-ins.
5. Adopt a student who needs a friend, checking in periodically to see how things are going.
6. Volunteer to be a tutor in a school.
7. Extend a hand to someone in need. Give your full attention and simply listen.
8. Merchants can donate a percentage of receipts for the week to a special cause.
9. Bring coworkers a special treat.
10. Students can clean classrooms for the custodian.
11. Buy a stranger a free pizza.
12. Distribute lollipops to kids.
13. Sing at a nursing home.
14. Offer a couple of hours of baby-sitting to parents. 15. Slip paper hearts that say "It's Random Acts of Kindness Week! Have a great day!" under the windshield wipers of parked cars.
16. Have a charity day at work, with employees bringing nonperishable food items to donate.
17. Serve refreshments to customers.
18. Draw names at school or work, and have people bring a small gift or food treat for their secret pal.
19. Remember the bereaved with phone calls, cards, plants, and food.
20. Treat someone to fresh fruit.
21. Pay a compliment at least once a day.
22. Call or visit a homebound person.
23. Hand out balloons to passersby.
24. Give free sodas to motorists.
25. Be a good neighbor. Take over a baked treat or stop by to say "Hello."
26. Transport someone who can't drive.
27. Mow a neighbor's grass.
28. Say something nice to everyone you meet today.
29. Send a treat to a school or day-care center.
30. Volunteer at an agency that needs help.
31. Wipe rainwater off shopping carts or hold umbrellas for shoppers on the way to their cars.
32. Give the gift of your smile.
33. Send home a note telling parents something their child did well.
34. Adopt a homeless pet at the humane society.
35. Organize a scout troop or service club to help people with packages at the mall or grocery.
36. Host special programs or speakers at libraries or bookstores.
37. Offer to answer the phone for the school secretary for ten minutes.
38. Volunteer to read to students in the classroom.
39. Write notes of appreciation and bring flowers or goodies to teachers or other important people, such as the principal, nurse, custodian, and secretary.
40. Incorporate kindness into the curriculum at area schools, day care centers, or children's classes in faith organizations.
41. Give a hug to a friend.
42. Tell your children why you love them.
43. Write a note to your mother/father and tell them why they are special.
44. Pat someone on the back.
45. Write a thank-you note to a mentor or someone who has influenced your life in a positive way.
46. Give coffee to people on their way to work in the morning.
47. Donate time at a senior center.
48. Give blood.
49. Visit hospitals with smiles, treats, and friendly conversation for patients.
50. Stop by a nursing home, and visit a resident with no family nearby.
51. Plant flowers in your neighbor's flower box.
52. Give another driver your parking spot.
53. Leave a treat or handmade note of thanks for a delivery person or mail carrier.
54. Give free car washes.
55. Clean graffiti from neighborhood walls and buildings.
56. Tell your boss that you think he/she does a good job.
57. Tell your employees how much you appreciate their work.
58. Let your staff leave work an hour early.
59. Have a clean-up party in the park.
60. Tell a bus or taxi driver how much you appreciate their driving.
61. Have everyone in your office draw the name of a Random Acts of Kindness buddy out of a hat and do a kind act for their buddy that day or week.
62. Give a pair of tickets to a baseball game or concert to a stranger.
63. Leave an extra big tip for the waitperson.
64. Drop off a plant, cookies, or donuts to the police or fire department.
65. Open the door for another person.
66. Pay for the meal of the person behind you in the drive-through.
67. Write a note to the boss of someone who has helped you, praising the employee.
68. Leave a bouquet of flowers on the desk of a colleague at work with whom you don't normally get along.
69. Call an estranged family member.
70. Volunteer to fix up an elderly couple's home.
71. Pay for the person behind you in the movie line.
72. Give flowers to be delivered with meal delivery programs.
73. Give toys to the children at the shelter or safe house.
74. Give friends and family kindness coupons they can redeem for kind favors.
75. Be a friend to a new student or coworker.
76. Renew an old friendship by sending a letter or small gift to someone you haven't talked with in a long time.
77. For one week, act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart, and notice what happens as a consequence.
78. Offer to return a shopping cart to the store for someone loading a car.
79. Invite someone new over for dinner.
80. Buy a roll of brightly colored stickers and give them to children you meet during the day.
81. Write a card of thanks and leave it with your tip. Be sure to be specific in your thanks.
82. Let the person behind you in the grocery store go ahead of you in line.
83. When drivers try to merge into your lane, let them in with a wave and a smile.
84. Buy cold drinks for the people next to you at a ball game.
85. Distribute kindness bookmarks that you have made.
86. Create a craft project or build a bird house with a child.
87. Give a bag of groceries to a homeless person.
88. Laugh out loud often and share your smile generously.
89. Plant a tree in your neighborhood.
90. Make a list of things to do to bring more kindness into the world, and have a friend make a list. Exchange lists and do one item per day for a month.
91. Use an instant camera to take people's photographs at a party or community event, and give the picture to them.
92. As you go about your day, pick up trash.
93. Send a letter to some former teachers, letting them know the difference they made in your life.
94. Send a gift anonymously to a friend.
95. Organize a clothing drive for a shelter.
96. Buy books for a day care or school.
97. Slip a $20 bill to a person who you know is having financial difficulty.
98. Take an acquaintance to dinner.
99. Offer to take a friend's child to ball practice.
100. Waive late fees for the week.
Or if you need to do something artistic or creative you might try:
1. Blow bubbles
2. Draw with Sidewalk chalk
3. Make a comic book
4. Draw or color pictures
5. Make puppets and put together a puppet show
6. Feed the turtles - we have pond across the street
7. Play in sprinkler
8. Hula Hoop
9. Make a treasure hunt
10. Dance
11. Plan a picnic
12. Make a board game
13. Make ice cream
14. Watch a movie
15. Write in a journal
16. Get a pet rock
17. Go to the aquarium
18. Watch and listen to the birds
19. Write a letter to your grandparents
20. Make up a song and/or sing to some music
21. Play hide-n-go seek
22. Ride your scooter
23. Have a water balloon fight
24. Go to the library
25. Have a tea party with your teddy bears
26. Play yard games
-croquet
-badminton
-bocce
-soccer
-volleyball
27. Make paper airplanes
28. Go to the park with the cool playground
29. Read a book or magazine
30. Find a spider web and try and make your own web with some string
31. Catch bugs
32. Watch the squirrels and try and figure out what they are doing
33. Pick flowers in the yard
34. Find a four leaf clover
35. Pull weeds out of the flower beds
36. Make a self portrait
37. Make a watercolor painting
38. Work out by doing 10 of the following 3 times:
-push ups
-squats
-sit ups
-run in place for 10 seconds
-jumping jacks
39. Build your castle(s) and knock it down
40. Work in your summer bridges workbook
41. Play school with a class of dolls
42. Make a Fruit Loops necklace
43. Practice spanish
44. Cut up a catalog and make a collage
45. Make your own instruments and play some music
46. Learn some American Sign Language
47. Set up a tent out of blankets and pretend to camp
48. Practice a magic trick
49. Set up or plan an obstacle course
50. Turn a box into something fun
51. Make the alphabet with your body
52. Hopscotch
53. Keep the balloon from touching the ground
54. Protect a water balloon from braking when dropped
55. Play lazer tag
56. Make a sculpture
57. Plan our menu of meals for a week
58. Walk around the mall
59. Practice yoga
60. Make bread
61. Make up a dance routine to your favorite song
62. Think of a business to start and everything you'd need for it
63. Pretend you're in a circus and make up an act or show
64. Dust the house
65. Make the tallest LEGO tower you can before it falls
66. Organize a Kids Olympics for a play date and make winners medals
67. Have a science experiment
-Think what you want to test
-Figure out the best way to test it
-Guess the results
-Do the experiment
-Compare results with your guess
68. Find shapes in the clouds
69. Practice gymnastics on floor mat
70. Stare at a patch of grass for 15 minutes and see what bugs do
71. Practice blowing bubbles from bubble gum - outside of course
72. Come up and draw a crazy creature with special abilities
73. Do a leaf/grass/flower/coin/ect. rubbing
74. Make something out of popsicle sticks
75. Make and do a scavenger hunt
76. Make a paper mache craft
77. Make a mask
78. Decorate a box to put personal stuff in
79. Sink-Float Game
80. Learn to draw something from the Learn-To-Draw books
81. Play with the parachute
82. Listen to music CDs and/or tapes
83. Run around the house
84. Wash my car
85. Practice origami
86. Find how many things around the house that are
___ (Pick a color) ___ or starts with __ (Pick a letter) __
87. Make a graph of common things you see around the house or yard
88. See what you can make with scraps of fabric
89. Be a cowboy/cowgirl and try and lasso something outside
90. Make cards for a Memory game
91. Go to the park across the street
92. See how high you can count
93. Make and play with a felt board
94. Practice writing your letters and numbers
95. Make shadow puppets
96. Make an art gallery - make sure to frame your art
97. Make a paper quilt
98. Color a black and white photo
99. Set up dominos to knock down
100. Trace your body on big paper and color it in
great ways to help the rainforests on earth...all found on the net....:
1. Ask your parents to buy foods -- like bananas and coffee -- that are grown in a sustainable way -- In a way that is safe for the environment, for wildlife, and for people.
2. Ask your school to buy environmentally friendly paper.
3. Have a bake sale or school fundraiser to raise money to donate to an organization that works to conserve rainforests.
4. Read about other children who live in and near the rainforest -- See how they and their families depend on the plants and animals in the rainforest.
5. Tell your friends and family about how important the rainforests are, or ask your teacher to teach your class more about rainforests.
6. Use less paper -- re-use paper instead of throwing it out. Cut it up to use as a notepad, or recycle the paper you use. Ask your parents and teacher about how they recycle their paper.
7. Do a class project to learn more about rainforests and the plants and animals that live there -- Create a skit, write a story, or decorate your classroom to look like a real rainforest.
8. Write a letter to an organization or company that is working to protect the rainforest and tell them they're doing a great job!
9. Look at a map of the world with your parents or teacher, and point out the places where rainforests exist.
10. Look around your home for things you use or eat that originate in the rain forest -- Think about how many things that we use every day originate in the rain forest,and how it would affect you if they were no longer around.
Or ideas about Your Home - Conserve Energy
1. Clean or replace air filters on your air conditioning unit at least once a month.
2. If you have central air conditioning, do not close vents in unused rooms.
3. Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120.
4. Wrap your water heater in an insulated blanket.
5. Turn down or shut off your water heater when you will be away for extended periods.
6. Turn off unneeded lights even when leaving a room for a short time.
7. Set your refrigerator temperature at 36 to 38 and your freezer at 0 to 5 .
8. When using an oven, minimize door opening while it is in use; it reduces oven temperature by 25 to 30 every time you open the door.
9. Clean the lint filter in your dryer after every load so that it uses less energy.
10. Unplug seldom used appliances.
11. Use a microwave when- ever you can instead of a conventional oven or stove.
12. Wash clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot.
13. Reverse your indoor ceiling fans for summer and winter operations as recommended.
14. Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.
15. Purchase appliances and office equipment with the Energy Star Label; old refridgerators, for example, use up to 50 more electricity than newer models.
16. Only use electric appliances when you need them.
17. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money and energy.
18. Keep your thermostat at 68 in winter and 78 in summer.
19. Keep your thermostat higher in summer and lower in winter when you are away
20. Insulate your home as best as you can.
21. Install weather stripping around all doors and windows.
22. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.
23. Plant trees to shade your home.
24. Shade outside air conditioning units by trees or other means.
25. Replace old windows with energy efficient ones.
26. Use cold water instead of warm or hot water when possible.
27. Connect your outdoor lights to a timer.
28. Buy green electricity - electricity produced by low - or even zero-pollution facilities (NC Greenpower for North Carolina - www.ncgreenpower.org). In your home-reduce toxicity.
In Your Home - Reduce Toxicity
29. Eliminate mercury from your home by purchasing items without mercury, and dispose of items containing mercury at an appropriate drop-off facility when necessary (e.g. old thermometers).
30. Learn about alternatives to household cleaning items that do not use hazardous chemicals.
31. Buy the right amount of paint for the job.
32. Review labels of household cleaners you use. Consider alternatives like baking soda, scouring pads, water or a little more elbow grease.
33. When no good alternatives exist to a toxic item, find the least amount required for an effective, sanitary result.
34. If you have an older home, have paint in your home tested for lead. If you have lead-based paint, cover it with wall paper or other material instead of sanding it or burning it off.
35. Use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and insect killers.
36. Have your home tested for radon.
37. Use cedar chips or aromatic herbs instead of mothballs.
In Your Yard
38. Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment.
39. Use an electric lawn- mower instead of a gas-powered one.
40. Leave grass clippings on the yard-they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.
41. Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down, retain moisture and prevent erosion.
42. Use only the required amount of fertilizer.
43. Minimize pesticide use.
44. Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.
45. Water grass early in the morning.
46. Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations and others that are seldom used.
47. Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).
48. Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away. Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be taken to a yard-debris recycler.
In Your Office
49. Copy and print on both sides of paper.
50. Reuse items like envelopes, folders and paper clips.
51. Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.
52. Set up a bulletin board for memos instead of sending a copy to each employee.
53. Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence.
54. Use recycled paper.
55. Use discarded paper for scrap paper.
56. Encourage your school and/or company to print documents with soy-based inks, which are less toxic.
57. Use a ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.
Ways To Protect Our Air
58. Ask your employer to consider flexible work schedules or telecommuting.
59. Recycle printer cartridges.
60. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.
61. Report smoking vehicles to your local air agency.
62. Don't use your wood stove or fireplace when air quality is poor.
63. Avoid slow-burning, smoldering fires. They produce the largest amount of pollution.
64. Burn seasoned wood - it burns cleaner than green wood.
65. Use solar power for home and water heating.
66. Use low-VOC or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers.
67. Purchase radial tires and keep them properly inflated for your vehicle.
68. Paint with brushes or rollers instead of using spray paints to minimize harmful emissions.
69. Ignite charcoal barbecues with an electric probe or other alternative to lighter fluid.
70. If you use a wood stove, use one sold after 1990. They are required to meet federal emissions standards and are more efficient and cleaner burning.
71. Walk or ride your bike instead of driving, whenever possible.
72. Join a carpool or vanpool to get to work.
Ways to Use Less Water
73. Check and fix any water leaks.
74. Install water-saving devices on your faucets and toilets.
75. Don't wash dishes with the water running continuously.
76. Wash and dry only full loads of laundry and dishes.
77. Follow your community's water use restrictions or guidelines.
78. Install a low-flow shower head.
79. Replace old toilets with new ones that use a lot less water.
80. Turn off washing machine's water supply to prevent leaks.
Ways to Protect Our Water
81. Revegetate or mulch disturbed soil as soon as possible.
82. Never dump anything down a storm drain.
83. Have your septic tank pumped and system inspected regularly.
84. Check your car for oil or other leaks, and recycle motor oil.
85. Take your car to a car wash instead of washing it in the driveway.
86. Learn about your watershed.
Create Less Trash
87. Buy items in bulk from loose bins when possible to reduce the packaging wasted.
88. Avoid products with several layers of packaging when only one is sufficient. About 33 of what we throw away is packaging.
89. Buy products that you can reuse.
90. Maintain and repair durable products instead of buying new ones.
91. Check reports for products that are easily repaired and have low breakdown rates.
92. Reuse items like bags and containers when possible.
93. Use cloth napkins instead of paper ones.
94. Use reusable plates and utensils instead of disposable ones.
95. Use reusable containers to store food instead of aluminum foil and cling wrap.
96. Shop with a canvas bag instead of using paper and plastic bags.
97. Buy rechargeable batteries for devices used frequently.
98. Reuse packaging cartons and shipping materials. Old newspapers make great packaging material.
99. Compost your vegetable scraps.
100. Buy used furniture - there is a surplus of it, and it is much cheaper than new furniture.
This List is sooo powerful
but you need to read it there, smart author.
Umm....
Okay here I go:
100 ways to feel better about my teaching life:
1. Recall I am not "on trial" do good works, use kindness daily.
2. Have pets in the classroom.
3. Use observation, use scientific method as the guide.
4. Paste, glue, and cut everyday.
5. Be gentle.
6. Model the things that matter.
7. Kids like to do things, design for their active language and participation.
8. Organize and work for success of space.
9. Continue project observing the sun shadow in some form.
10. Expect others to pursue learning over pettiness.
11. Use glitter sometimes.
12. Get plants.
13. Raise orchids.
14. Draw daily, from observations.
15. Keep daily journals.
16. Create routines that aren't binding.
17. Get crayons and coloring books for the room from 1st day teach AM routines.
18. Allow all kids to be praised for effort.
19. If having better teaching skills use them for kids not to intimidate peers.
20. Log daily what we do.
21. Blog carefully for student privacy.
22. Blog daily and reflect on work you do.
23. Work on precision and length, organization. But...allow the work to be "me".
24. Praise everyone I can.
25. SeeK no power.
26.Laugh, plan laughter into the work.
27. Is there a way for any part of the work to reflect student design, leadership, to reflect out their abilities in a positive manner to structure and carry what we do.
Short version, seat power in kids.
28. Listen.
29. With extremely contentious leadership let go their issues, look for nothing, ask for nothing, expect nothing, be surprised then when good happens.
30. Draw after work everyday.
31. Find a friend.
32. Ignore others unkindnesses.
34. Use excellent books to support curriculum.
35. Use reading logs, created them.
will finish ...in a bit....
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