Greetings from Kathlyn!

Forgive me for not checking in sooner, in between engaging with the fourth graders in the Kirkwood Literacy lab, I have been working on my second book about ”Chickens.”

I still want to keep you in the loop on all the ways we are helping young children grow a love of reading and curiosity about the world. And I promise to be a bit more timely in the future with updates. Please check out my latest blog post:

Journaling about Kindness

After discussing the book” Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, each student was given a handout, entitled: Each Kindness Log. The students were asked to journal for two weeks any and all kind deeds that they did for family, friends, neighbors, even strangers. The descriptions range from awesome to well it is all about me in receiving and accepting kind deeds.

1. “I extend kindness for my great, great granny when she can not bend over. I get it for her.”

2. “I extend kindness to my next-door neighbor by helping her picking up trash.”

3. “ I helped my Mom with her cancer.”

4. “Sometimes I help Mama and Papa K.”

5. “I help my parents cook on Sunday after church.”

6. “I help my dad clean out his car.”

7. “ I help my auntie because she cannot move her legs.”

8. “Today I got up and my brother was going to miss the bus and I got him up.”

9. “When someone is at the washer and they need help, people at the washer will ask me to help and I say yes.”

10. “I am nice to Ms. Wilson because she is nice to me.”

The last question was, how did being kind make you feel.

… “Being kind made me feel proud of myself.”

…”Happy cuz I did all these things”

…” It made me happy inside.”

…” It made me feel great because you get more friends.”

…” I feel happy because they are nice to me.”

I close this blog with two reflective questions:

What kind deeds have you done lately?

How did it make you feel?

Um- something for all of us to think about, yes me too.