Giving Artfully Kids online curriculum
 

Teaching Children about Kindness & Giving through Crafting-Based Service Learning Projects 

 
 

The Giving Artfully Kids program provides a comprehensive service learning curriculum for teachers, after school programs, and camps.  Our project based curriculum teaches children about kindness, compassion, and empathy through crafting.  When you become a member of Giving Artfully Kids, you can jump start a child's journey to making an impact in the world.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted

~ Aesop

 

PARENTS 

Help us Build Generation Kindness by providing you with the resources and tools to show your children they have the power and talents to help others.  Learn more about our Basic Level Membership site .

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Learn more about our classes and camps in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.  

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instructors

Become a Giving Artfully Kids member and start your own program with our comprehensive curriculum that allows you to focus on teaching instead of identifying, researching, and planning projects and beneficiaries. You have the opportunity to earn extra income while teaching children about philanthropy.  

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ADMINISTRATORS & Parent Teacher OrganIzATions

Bring a Giving Artfully Kids program to your school as part of the school day curriculum, after school program or one day workshop. Join the Giving Artfully Kids Membership for the resources to bring our program to your school.

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GIVING ARTFULLY KIDS BLOG POSTS
How to Build a Generation of Kindness

How to Build a Generation of Kindness - join us as we provide research about the importance of kindness and ways to teach kindness and giving to the next generation.

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Can you believe that we are a quarter of the way through 2019!

2019 was going to be the year our family was going to be focused on giving back and helping others.

I've had the amazing opportunity this year to homeschool my 3 oldest kids while my family (2 adults, 5 kids and 1 furry friend) test out a few cities to decide where we want to plant our roots.

I had grand plans of weekly service projects since I now had the flexibility of a fluid school-day.

I was so ready - spreading kindness wherever we went!!

And then reality set in....

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I love the holidays - the energy, the joy and excitement from Thanksgiving through the New Year is contagious.

During this time, we are in the giving mood - we look for way to help others from donating extra change to the Salvation Army bell ringers to being secret Santas to families that cannot afford to buy presents for their children.

But then the New Year rolls around and the magic kind of disappears.

We get back to our everyday busy lives and forget the magic of holidays and how we open our hearts to help others.

So, we wanted to do something different this year…

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Scary Mommy Post Mean Kid

I am so excited to be a guest blogger for Scary Mommy!  I was hesitant to share this post because it was so personal.  I was afraid of my daughter's reaction.  So before submitting to Scary Mommy, I had her read my post.  I told her if she didn't want it shared, I would just keep the post between us.  She read it, digested it, and said that she thought it was an important message that other needed to read.  She knows others will go through the same pain she did and how we handled the situation helped her learn and grow from this encounter.  Check out the post at http://www.scarymommy.com/help-child-confront-mean-kid/

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Spring is in the air -- well almost.  We're hit with a very cold spring in the midwest, but that doesn't mean we can't get out of the house and spread some kindness to the community.  I'm excited to be a guest blogger for Teach, Workout, Love.  In this post, I shared 5 ways to celebrate spring by spreading kindness.  You can read the blog post at https://www.teachworkoutlove.com/5-ways-to-celebrate-spring-by-spreading-kindness/

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Kindness Books

Especially in today's day and age, it is important to instill the importance of kindness, compassion, and empathy.  I am excited to be a guest blogger on Mixed Bag Mama, where I shared some of our favorite books that we use in our Giving Artfully Kids.  These books have been a great resource to start the conversation about being kind and help our students get into the mindset of giving and helping others.  You can check out the blog at http://mixedbagmama2013.blogspot.com/2018/03/our-favorite-books-to-teach-kids-about.html

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Giving Artfully Kids

It started as an idea and now it's coming to fruition!  What started as an idea from a friend has now launched into a movement where kids are actively finding ways to spread kindness and help others as well asparents and teachers earning extra income as they inspire kids to make a difference!  

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2018 Random Acts of Kindness Challenge

To continue the spirit of giving, I wanted to challenge you to help us achieve 2,018 Random Acts of Kindness this year.  The challenge is simple - let's spread kindness to our communities and see the difference and impact we are making in other people's lives.  

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Parenting Tips

Being a parent has been the most rewarding, yet toughest thing I have done.  When the kids are young, the physical exhaustion gets you, however, as they get older, it is the mental exhaustion.  Having five beautiful children ranging from 3 months to 11 years, my husband and I have experienced a vast array of parenting wins and struggles (and we still have yet reached the teenage years!)  Here are 5 of our favorite tips/quotes that have guided through our years as parents.

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TEDx Talk: Building Generation Kindness

This talk looks at the transformative journey to empower children of all ages to become active participants in philanthropy. Kids feel empowered that they can make an impact and difference in society. As our children become more active in philanthropy, they become engaged citizens working together to make change in our community and world.

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