Parent Resources
- Overview
- Raising Kids Who Give, Share & Care
- Helping Your Child Succeed at School
- 1. What You Can Do at Home to Help Your Child Succeed at School
- 2. Ways to Cooperate with Teachers for the Benefit of Your Child
- 3. Things You Can Do With Your Child, Giving and Sharing Activities By Grade Level
- 4. Thoughtful Questions to Ask Your Child
- Toolkit for Adults Serving as Volunteers in Schools
- Homeschooling Your Child (LTG Resources)
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Things You Can Do With Your Child
Giving and Sharing Activities By Grade Level
Infancy to Preschool
- Read picture books with messages about giving and sharing.
- Enjoy family volunteer activities together
- Ask your preschooler to help you at home and indicate your appreciation.
- Discuss your family’s tradition of giving and serving (including stories from your childhood).
Lower Elementary
- Read books together with messages about giving and sharing.
- Tell family stories about both giving and receiving acts of kindness.
- Involve a lonely child in s a group activity.
- Deliver excess toys and clothing to a shelter for homeless or needy children.
- Create a family “Caring Container” for giving activities both within and outside your family.
- Talk with your child about why it is important to care about others.
Upper Elementary
- Read books with messages about giving and sharing.
- Visit museums and libraries and focus on heroic, compassionate people who cared about others or acted passionately to change social injustices.
- Discuss current events and articles in the paper or on the news where people contribute their time or talent to others.
- Become involved in a service project with your favorite nonprofit organization.
- Ask your child to pick his/her favorite charity so s/he can contribute allowance money to help others.
- Model active citizenship and discuss the importance of voting, campaigning and being involved in public issues.
Middle School
- Read books with messages about giving and sharing.
- Involve your child in a nonprofit group.
- Become involved with your child in a regular, planned volunteer experience.
- Encourage high-quality, Academic Service Learning experiences in your student’s school.
- Encourage involvement in student government.
- Talk with your young adult about why your family cares about others.
High School
- Encourage your child to volunteer.
- Hold family discussions on complex issues and difficult decisions concerning giving and serving, human needs and economics, majority rule and minority rights.
- Encourage high-quality, Academic Service Learning experiences in your student’s school.
- Encourage your young adult to become active in personal giving to a cause or charity for which s/he cares about passionately.
- Encourage your child to explore careers in the nonprofit sector where s/he can not only have a good career, but also use his/her talents to “make a difference” for others.
Related Section: Nine Ways to Raise Children Who Give,
Share and Care
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