How are kindness trees used in the classroom?
Use the Kindness Tree to recognize and celebrate acts of kindness in your School Family or home. Each time a kind act occurs, simply attach a heart to the Kindness Tree to represent the kindnesses occurring in your classroom or home.
What is a kindness tree?
A Kindness Tree is a creative and beautiful way to encourage acts of kindness. The tree leaves become kind deeds written on paper hearts. You can also make this same kindness tree in the fall and use different colored paper in the shape of leaves.
How do you use a kindness tree?
Directions
- Help your child trace or draw leaves and flowers on colorful sheets of paper and cut them out.
- Cut out a tree trunk shape and branches and tape them to a wall.
- Explain to your child that the Kindness Tree will “bloom” whenever they do something kind for someone else.
What are the three acts of kindness shown by trees?
1) Smile. 2) Hold the door open. 3) Give an honest compliment. 4) Thank someone who you appreciate.
How can we repay for the kindness of the trees?
Answer: We cannot repay the kindness of trees. The least we can do is to protect them.
What do the trees give us?
Trees are vital. As the biggest plants on the planet, they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil and give life to the world’s wildlife. They also provide us with the materials for tools and shelter.
Why are trees the kindest things?
Yes, trees are the kindest things because they provide home to birds, they provide shelter to man and animals, they provide fruits to eat, wood to build homes. They hum a drowsy lullaby.
How do you make a paper tree out of crafts?
Steps
- Fold brown paper in half and draw half of a bare tree along the fold.
- Cut the tree out and make a second copy.
- Glue the trees together along 1 of the folded sides.
- Unfold the tree, stand it up, and let it dry.
- Fold a piece of thin green paper like a fan.
- Cut a leaf shape out of the fan while it is still folded.
Why do trees make us happy?
Spending time around trees and looking at trees reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and improves mood. Numerous studies show that both exercising in forests and simply sitting looking at trees reduce blood pressure as well as the stress-related hormones cortisol and adrenaline.
How are the trees kindest and helpful to us?
Trees are the kindest living beings on the earth. They provide cool shade to men and animals. They also give us fruits and wood. They are the ones who receive the light of the moon and the sun.
How can we protect our trees?
How to Save Trees
- Avoid products made with palm oil.
- Use less paper.
- Buy recycled paper products.
- Go for cloth products over paper when possible.
- Push your local government to do more for trees.
- Look for volunteering opportunities to plant/protect trees.
- Eat less meat.
- Buy FSC-certified wood.