Parade activity
Compliment Doodle / Gratitude Doodle
For School · early childhood
- K-5
- Grades 3-5
- Grades K-2
- 3-5
- K-2
- SEL
- School
- early childhood
- Feelings & Friendship
- Quick
- SEL
Documented for Ohio: SEL.
What it is
Fill the Doodle with kind words about classmates (bucket-filling); add gratitude around the Doodle.
Source: Classroom Activities
- Timeminutes — a circle or a running wall
- Setupa little setup
What you need
- The class Doodle
- dry-erase crayons
Steps
- Step 1 of 3
Fill the Doodle with kind words
Bucket-filling, compliment-circle style: kind words about classmates go on and around the Doodle.
- Step 2 of 3
Add what you're thankful for
Gratitude joins the compliments — a gratitude jar and shout-outs, living on the Doodle.
- Step 3 of 3
Keep it going
Compliments and gratitude accumulate; the Doodle wears the class's kindness.
Tips
- K-1: dictate one kind word; draw what you're thankful for.
- Grades 2-3: write a compliment in a speech bubble; write a gratitude sentence.
- Grades 4-5: run an anonymous compliment exchange; keep a weekly gratitude wall.
Downloads
Research
quasi-experimental
Longitudinal experiment; classrooms assigned to three kind acts per week vs visiting three places per week, 4 weeks
What it supports
Compliance determinations are always the district’s or institution’s.
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Files
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it’s ridiculously fun, impactful and easy
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