| HELPFUL: To be useful or beneficial
Vs. Obstruction
- SUGGESTED READING:
Lion and the Mouse
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Charlotte's Web
The Night of the Twister
- SUGGESTED MOVIE:
Charlotte's Web
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Help your children with their homework.
- Discuss the word helpful with your children. Think of things your
child can do to help around the house.
- Volunteer to help at your child's school.
- Along with your child, volunteer for a local charity.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- As a class, undertake a project to help improve the school or the
community, such as picking up litter or volunteering with a charity.
- Encourage students to help each other in cooperative learning
groups.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- Break the class into study groups before a test so students can
help each other to prepare for the exam.
- Encourage clubs and classes to undertake community service
programs.
"The object of education is to help and prepare the young to
educate themselves throughout their lives." -Robert Maynard
Hutchins
"When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is
better than a pound of preaching." -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
"Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue."
-Italian unification leader Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Light is the task where many share the toil."
-Homer
Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day |