Peace by Miranda (Illustrator) and Baptiste Paul (Author) is a picture book for lower elementary school students. The simple rhyming text provides a series of ways, both small and large, to foster peace that even the youngest child can understand and carry out.
Ten powerful thoughts for Earth Day 2019 and ways to take action.
Discussing Down Syndrome with young children doesn’t have to be difficult. Start by laying a frame work of valuing differences and fostering empathy for all people. Many of TPN’s Great Books and Empathy Activities are a great place to start.
Kamala Harris’s Superheroes Are Everywhere is a book that Teach Peace Now would like to recommend to parents and teachers as a book worth sharing with elementary school children.
~ Thanks to You ~ How often do you remember to say thanks? Being appreciated can make a huge difference in someone’s life. Saying thank you can let a friend, a family member, or even a stranger know that something they have done has been noticed and has meant something to you. “I would maintain […]
~ The Peace Book ~ by Todd Parr A Teach Peace Now book review Looking for a book about peace for toddlers to primary age children for International Peace day? This simple, colorful book might be just what you need. Published in 2004, Parr’s boldly illustrated book has been around a long time. It is […]
~Are You a Valued Group Member?~ We all recognize that being a cooperative person will make not only the project or task you are working on go more smoothly, but also make you and your co-workers happier. But just what does it mean to be cooperative? Here are 5 questions to ask yourself when you […]
Start singing! – Here are 6 terrific, singable songs about treating others with caring and kindness. 1. In the End Only Kindness Matters 2. Kindness Changes Everything 3. Kindness is a Muscle 4. K is for Kindness 5. Try a Little Kindness (Glenn Campbell) 6. Kindness is Cool Do you have a kindness […]
Step into Another Person’s Mindset Jim Ziolkowski’s National Bestseller Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World? details his life changing experience. A business major, he had planned to go into a corporate career. However, while backpacking through Nepal in his senior year, he discovered how simple kindness and caring can change people’s […]
Kindness: Pass it On This video shows ways we can help each other and spread caring and compassion by observing someone needing help and acting on it. Follow up viewing the video by creating a list of all the small things people did for each other in the video. Discussion Questions: Have you ever done any […]
Showing You Care “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” Princess Diana Teach Peace Now‘s theme for the month of April is Caring and Compassion. All month we will be presenting books, activities, and thoughts about […]
This is the season when we think about giving gifts to the people we care about. The following books take gift giving to a higher level and force us to think about what is truly a gift. Perhaps one of these book will prove the perfect gift for a child you love. Those Shoes by […]
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