Regularly celebrating and practicing kindness in your classroom can help foster a community where students feel “cared for, seen, cherished, liked, admired, and even loved,” says educator Rebecca Alber.⁣ ⁣ Here are some activities to help kick-start building this vital character trait:⁣ ⁣ ⭐ Good Things: Ask each student to share something positive with their neighbor using these sentence starters: “One good thing in my life is...” or "Something good that happened is….” This provides students with an opportunity to not only speak about their lives but be affirmed and celebrated by their teacher and peers.⁣ ⁣ ⭐ Shout-Outs: As a way for students to interact and celebrate positivity, encourage them to give shout-outs to each other. Students can compliment and congratulate their classmates using phrases like, “I’d like to give a shout-out to [this person] for bringing her best to her group today!” You can model this activity for the first few weeks, and eventually it will become a class rou...