Kindness For Preschoolers | Along For The Ride Jr

Teaching kids how to be kind is a daily lesson! Reinforce kindness and imagination with your preschoolers by listening and playing along with this special episode of Along For The Ride Junior. Along For The Ride Junior episodes are written for preschoolers with special games and questions to engage their growing brains and interests! In this episode we’ll play a fun game that will stretch imaginations and then we'll play a kindness scenario game where kids will choose whats kind vs what's not kind - a great way to teach kindnesss!  Click here to check out the expanded show notes on alongfortheride.info for more details and links that support this episode!  Imagination Game For Preschoolers - "Coulds and Woulds" This game is all about dreaming up the biggest, silliest, and funniest responses! You can play this game independently wherever you are, or you can play along with my questions during this episode. This is a great game that you can play anywhere - waiting for food at a restaurant, walking through the aisles of the grocery store, or around the dinner table at home! Bring your creativity to the questions and make it as fun as you can! Kids Game To Teach Kindness - “Spot The Kindness” Kindness is a tricky subject for a preschooler to grasp. Where modeling kind behavior is the best approach in my opinion, a way to reinforce kindness is through scenario based questions. How to Play: This game, “Spot The Kindness” gives 2 different options for one scenario, the object of the game is to pick which option has the most kind action. After you give the 2 options, ask “which one is more kind?” Let your child give an answer and then talk through the reasons why one option was more kind than the other. This game brings creativity and visualization and makes learning about kindness fun and conversational! When we play this game during this episode, I’m basing the scenarios around things we do in the fall season! You can play this game with your preschooler while listening to the episode, or you can play this game independently by using my themed-scenarios or making up your own! I’m sure you can come up with some great scenarios to reinforce showing kindness every day! An Easy Way To Remember To Show Kindness A short phrase you can teach your preschooler is, “I can be kind at any time.” Start working that phrase into your everyday life for an easy reminder to show kindness! If you’ve ever thought, “I love Along For The Ride! It’s so fun and my kids love it!” Would you consider leaving a rating and review? It lets me know that you like the content and helps other families find the show! I hope you enjoy listening to this episode with your preschooler! The activities in this episode are fun but also teach good character and give you insight on what your preschooler thinks!