This week is “Random Acts of Kindness (RAK)” Week. Don’t save that kindness for someone special on Valentine’s Day, do something kind for someone every day! What I like most about doing small acts of kindness is knowing that those small actions in turn produce more small actions, because the person to whom you act kindly is more apt to act kindly to others as well, and so on and so forth. The snowball effect of our actions is a simple lesson we can teach our children.

Here’s a short poem about smiling, which is an easy, contagious act of kindness. I like this poem, because in simple terms it helps kids understand that even the smallest actions they do—something as simple as smiling—can really get the world spinning. It helps kids realize that they DO influence they way the world works around them.

SMILING

Smiling is infectious; you catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around a corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled, I realized I had passed it on to him. I thought about that smile and then I realized its worth. A single smile, just like mine, could travel around the earth. So if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected. Let’s start an epidemic quick and get the world infected.

--Author Unknown

Let’s make kindness go viral and pass it on!

If you haven't read it with your kids yet, head to the library and check out One Smile by Cindy McKinley. 

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Pam at Nomad