Love and Kindness
Reception: When we listen patiently we are showing kindness to our peers.
Core Story:
Norris the Bear who Shared by Catherine Rayner. In this story Norris sits under the plorringe tree waiting for a fruit to fall. Tulip and Violet are impatient – smelling, watching and poking the plorringe. But eventually it falls in patient Norris’ lap, and he kindly chooses to share it with his impatient companions.
Drawing out the virtue
When do you have to be patient in order to show kindness in school?
How do you show patience during perfect partner work? (Listening)
What does it look like when someone is listening patiently?
Can you think of times when you or someone you know has listened very patiently?
Activity 1: Perfect Partners Listening Exercise
In this lesson children will work in Perfect Partners. Give the children a topic to discuss, such as ‘my family’ or ‘my weekend’. Explain that one child in the pair will speak about the topic while their partner listens. Explain that the silent partner’s job is to show kindness and patience to their partner by listening carefully. Being patient means waiting for your turn, and letting your partner speak without interrupting them, even if there is something you really want to say.
When the teacher gives an audible cue, the children swap roles and the silent partner will have their turn to speak. Tell the children that you will choose some children at the end of each pairing to show how patiently they listened to their partner by sharing some of the things they said.
When each person has had a turn to speak, the children can be assigned a new partner to repeat the process of speaking and listening.
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Classroom Language |
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I can tell that you are being kind and patient with your partner because you are not interrupting or talking.
In this class, we show kindness by listening patiently.
Now try again and show me how patient you can be by listening carefully.
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Library Books
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Cathedral Mouse by Kay Chorao
The Value of Friends, a Jataka Tale
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Margaret Early
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal by Jane Simmons
Lovabye Dragon by Barbara Joosse
Jamica and Brianna by Juanita Havill
The Biggest Thing in the World by Kenneth Steven
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward