Today we spoke about being kind to each other through our words. We sat in a circle and passed two apples around. To the first apple we said unkind words such as- ‘I don’t like you,’ ‘you’re stinky,’ ‘you’re ugly.’ To the second apple we said lovely things such as ‘you are beautiful,’ ‘You smell nice,’ ‘You are lots of fun.’
We talked about how the apples would feel on the inside (even though they looked fine on the outside). Mrs Stephenson then cut the apples in half. The one we were kind to looked bright and healthy on the inside, the one we were mean to looked dull and bruised.
We discussed that when we say unkind things to people, although they might look fine on the outside, on the inside they will feel really sad ☹️
To finish our circle time, we said lovely kind words to each other and all felt great afterwards 🤩
This is a great idea.
Thank you. It was very effective 😊