Be Kind | A Children's Story about things that matter

[Music] hi everyone welcome to the storytime family how are you today have you been reading lots i hope you have well today we have a very special book called be kind by pat zitlo miller what does being kind mean to you does being kind mean helping someone out when they need it or being kind can be being generous to your brother or your sister sharing and caring for them and just by being gentle and also being considerate [Music] well let's find out what being kind means in this book and in the story be kind tanisha spilled grape juice yesterday [Applause] all over her new dress everyone laughed i almost did too but mom always tells me to be kind so i try i don't think it worked i said purple is my favorite color i thought tanisha would smile but she ran into the hall instead when she came back snack time was over she put on her art smock and didn't look at anyone [Applause] i almost told tanisha that art was my favorite class but i didn't want her to leave again so i painted purple splotches and added some green until i had a bunch of beautiful violets while i painted i thought about tanisha should i have handed her my napkin let her borrow my sweatshirt spilled my juice so everyone stared at me instead what does it mean to be kind anyway what does it mean to be kind to you or what does it mean for someone to be kind to you [Applause] maybe it's giving making cookies for mr rinaldi who lives alone letting someone with smaller feet half my two tight shoes he might run races in them too maybe it's helping putting dirty dishes in the sink like helping out mommy clean up after yourself picking up your laundry making your bed cleaning up after otis or class guinea pig he's a messy eater it's paying attention telling desmond i like his blue boots asking the new girl to be my partner listening to aunt franny's stories even the ones i've heard before being kind could also be saying nice things about someone complimenting someone telling your mom that she looks so pretty today picking her flowers being kind should be easy like throwing away a wrapper or recycling a bottle or saying thank you bless you my mom says the quickest way to be kind is to use people's names hey kayla what's new omar good afternoon rabbi amanda book being kind can be hard too even when you know what to do teaching someone something i'm good at is tricky even when i'm patient being kind could be also sharing with your siblings and sticking up for someone when other kids aren't kind is really hard and really scary maybe i can't solve tanisha's great juice problem maybe all i can do is sit by her in art class and paint this picture for her because i know she likes purple too i can only do small things but my small things might join small things other people do and together they could grow into something big remember kids small things can make a big difference too [Applause] something really big so big that our kindness spilled out of our school spread throughout town travel across the country and go all the way around the world wouldn't that be the best thing if everyone is kind the whole world would be a big bubble of kindness wouldn't that be cool right back to tanisha and me so we can be kind again and again [Music] and again now i told you that was a very special story what do you think so what does being kind mean to you leave us a comment and let us know hope you enjoyed the story come back and see us again and click on the notification bell for the next video thanks so much for dropping by take care now bye bye [Music] do [Music] you

Channel: The StoryTime Family

Views: 4,588,673

Keywords: makin a difference, emotions, confidence, heart, courteous, polite

Id: kAo4-2UzgPo

Length: 7min 6sec (426 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 18 2019