Toddler Approved is hosting a wonderful project called the 100 Acts of Kindness Project. I love the idea of JDaniel and I doing things for others between Jan. 15th and Valentine’s Day. Each week she puts up a challenge for you to complete as some of your 100 Acts of Kindness.
This week’s challenge was to perform five acts of kindness for members of our family using a Montessori technique. The challenge was issued by Living Montessori Now!
Here is what we did:
Act One
JDaniel helped me to volunteer at Angel’s Attic consignment sale at my mom’s church. We were asked to help move all the bikes and vehicles outside. When that was done we were asked to help people that were looking over them to know how to take the stickers off them and where to go to purchase them.
He followed his interest in car care. How? JDaniel used a pretend gas pump to fill all the Cozy Coupes up with gas and test out the seats in all the wagons and cars.
Act Two
JDaniel practiced transferring coins with chopsticks into a baby bottle that I was given at church. The money in the baby bottle goes to help a local women’s center.
Act Three
Our third task was laundry. JDaniel helped me fold laundry into almost neat piles. We will need to keep practicing this skill.
Acts Four and Five
JDaniel helped me pour more soap into our soap dispensers. He loved using a funnel.
For more information on the 100 Acts of Kindness Project please visit this post on Toddler Approved.
What a wonderful post and idea! You and your son did a fantastic job!
These are wonderful ideas & the empathy your little boy is learning for others less fortunate & to also appreciate all that you do around the home, is just great. Loved this post, Kierna
Great Montessori-inspired ideas for showing kindness! I love the creative way you used practical life activities to show kindness, such as transferring money to go to a local women’s center and helping around the house. I stumbled your post, pinned it to my Kindness Projects Pinterest board, and added your link to my Kindness Challenge post at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/01/23/montessori-monday-kindness-challenge-2-montessori-inspired-kindness/
Love this idea! And JDaniel is such a big help!
He looks like he had so much fun helping others out!
Great ideas and I have been loving your blog!
Seems to me you have a very good helper there!
What great ideas! I love that you are teaching him all about volunteering and helping others! Such great values to instill at such a young age.
Looks like your little helper is having a lot of fun!
He is going to feel such competence learning to help as he is.
That’s how real self esteem grows…not from undeserved compliments.
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Audrey loves to help fold laundry. I try to slow down and let her as often as possible.
Folding laundry is a great way to practice both kindness and life skills at the same time.
So fun! Love these simple activities you used to help him spread kindness! I will be including your post in my round up tomorrow.
Love this, especially the coin transfer with the money going to the women’s shelter. Thanks for sharing a great idea.
I love the chop sticks idea- great for fine motor skills!
Thank you AGAIN for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase ~Aimee