In celebration of Random Acts of Kindness week, I started a project with my preschool class. I made a smiley face recognition certificate called it a Smile O Gram. I made copies of it for each of my 17 preschoolers. I decorated regular business size envelopes with smiley face stickers and wrote on the front : A Smile especially for You!
The parents were to talk with their preschooler about who they wanted to send a Smile Gram to.
I talked with our local flower shop about the possibility of getting smiley face latex balloons. Unfortunately the flu bug has hit our community and a lot of children have been gone from school so as of today we've only gotten 9 of them delivered. We still plan on sending out another 10.
Inside the envelope, in addition to the SMILE Gram was a smile card and a paper that said "Tag, You're it!" and explained our project. It told how we were sending out 18 SMILES, and wanted everyone to turn around and send a SMILE to someone else. It pointed out that in 20 days we could send 360 SMILES!
We set up a blog for recipients and senders to comment with stories. http://thesmileprojectrak.blogspot.com/ We even included a link to www.helpothers.org crediting you with the Smile cards and ideas for Random Acts of Kindness.
I am really excited about this project and really hope it catches on and people will pay it forward. I may even send out some more just because it feels good!
