Kind Crusaders Slides
🌟 Kindergarten SEL ❤️ 🤝 ✨
Kind Crusaders!
Using our Hands and Feet for Friendship and Kindness
👋
Kind Hands
👟
Safe Feet
Let's learn how to be a Kind Crusader!
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Our Crusader Superpower
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We have the power to keep our classroom safe and happy!
The Golden Rule:
My body belongs to me, and I use it to build friendships!
🤝
Helping & Sharing
Lending a hand, passing toys, waving hello.
🏃
Safe Walking Feet
Walking inside so everyone stays safe.
How can we use our bodies to help a friend today?
💛 Be Kind, Be Safe
Time to Move: Safe Space Bubble!
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Let's blow our imaginary Safe Space Bubbles! 🎈
Stand up, stretch your arms out wide, and spin around slowly. This is your personal safety bubble!
🎈
1. Blow the Bubble
Take a deep breath and blow your hands out wide!
💫
2. Keep it Safe
Hands stay inside your bubble. No bumping bubbles!
🛑
3. Freeze!
When the music stops, freeze like a beautiful statue.
🏫 Teacher: Practice 2-3 times. Call out "Wiggle!" and then "Freeze!"
Keep bubbles intact! 🫧
Let's Play: Kind or Unsafe?
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Can you help me sort?
Look at the pictures on the next slides. If it is a Kind Choice, give a giant thumbs up! 👍
If it is an Unsafe Choice, cross your arms in an "X" shape! 🙅
👍
Thumbs Up!
Kind Hands or Safe Feet
🙅
Make an "X"
Unsafe Choice
Show your answers with your hands!
Are you ready? Let's go! 🚀
Scenario 1: Sorting Time!
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🧱 🤝 🧱
"Sharing the colorful building blocks with a friend."
Show your vote:
👍
Is it a Kind Choice?
Give a thumbs up!
🙅
Is it an Unsafe Choice?
Cross your arms!
✨ Discussion: Why is this kind? How does sharing make our friend feel?
✅ Kind Choice!
Scenario 2: Lining Up
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🚶♀️💥🏃♂️
"Pushing someone out of the way to get to the front of the line."
Show your vote:
👍
Is it a Kind Choice?
Give a thumbs up!
🙅
Is it an Unsafe Choice?
Cross your arms!
⚠️ Discussion: How can we line up safely? What could we say instead?
❌ Unsafe Choice!
Scenario 3: Greetings
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👋 😊 👋
"Waving hello or giving a gentle high-five to a friend when they arrive."
Show your vote:
👍
Is it a Kind Choice?
Give a thumbs up!
🙅
Is it an Unsafe Choice?
Cross your arms!
✨ Discussion: What are other safe ways to greet a friend? (A wave, a smile!)
✅ Kind Choice!
Scenario 4: Playing Outside
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🧱 👟 💥
"Kicking blocks and knocking over a tower someone else built."
Show your vote:
👍
Is it a Kind Choice?
Give a thumbs up!
🙅
Is it an Unsafe Choice?
Cross your arms!
⚠️ Discussion: What should feet kick? (Kicking soccer balls outside!)
❌ Unsafe Choice!
Our Kind Crusader Pledge
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Let's stand, raise our right hand, and say it together! 🖐️
"I have Kind Hands and I have Safe Feet."
"I will build friendships and make our school sweet!"
🎉 You are now officially certified Kind Crusaders! 🎉
Now, let's complete our Kind Crusaders Sorting worksheet!
🌟 Great Job, Crusaders!
Kind Crusaders Worksheet
Kind Crusaders!
My Safe Hands & Feet Activity Sheet
⭐️ SEL Mission 1
Name:
Date:
1. Crusader Promise (Trace the dotted words)
👋
I have KIND hands.
👟
I have SAFE feet.
2. Crusader Choice (Color the correct face)
🤝
Sharing a box of building blocks with a classmate.
Choice:
😊 Kind 😢 Unsafe
💥
Pushing in line to be the leader of the line.
Choice:
😊 Kind 😢 Unsafe
👋
Giving a high-five or waving to say good morning.
Choice:
😊 Kind 😢 Unsafe
👟
Kicking over a friend's block tower at recess.
Choice:
😊 Kind 😢 Unsafe
3. Crusader Mission (Draw yourself being a KIND helper!)
🖍️ Use colors to show how you help. Keep your drawing beautiful!
🎖️ Certified Kind Crusader Badge
Keep Hands & Feet Safe • Be a Friend Today!
Kind Crusaders Teacher Guide
SEL Facilitation Tool
Kind Crusaders Teacher Guide
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Topic: Safe Hands & Feet
Pacing 30-40 Mins
Objective SEL Body Safe
Core Skill Self-Control
Materials Slides & Sheet
1. Lesson Delivery Roadmap
1
Introduce Concept (5 Mins) • Slides 1 & 2 Introduce the term "Kind Crusaders". Explain that our bodies make people happy. "Crusaders! Our hands are for helping and sharing, not for hurting."
2
Personal Bubble Movement (10 Mins) • Slide 3 Perform "Wiggle & Freeze". Guide students to stretch arms out wide to create their safe bubble 🫧. "If your fingers can touch a friend's fingers, step back to protect your bubble!"
3
Scenario Sorting (10 Mins) • Slides 4-8 Walk through dilemma slides. Prompt physical responses: 👍 for kind/safe choices, 🙅 for unsafe choices. "If we kick down blocks, how would that make our friends feel?"
4
Pledge & Activity (10 Mins) • Slide 9 & Worksheet Recite the Kind Crusader Pledge. Distribute worksheets for tracing and choice-coloring.
2. Kindergarten Management Strategies
💡 Positive Reinforcement
Spot kids doing good body actions. Call them out instantly: "I love how Chloe used her safe walking feet to line up!" or "Thank you Leo for sharing blocks!"
🛠️ Redirection Triggers
Instead of saying "Don't touch!", use specific physical cues: "Hands in your lap!" or "Blow your bubble!". This provides active motor directives kids can follow.
3. Simple Behavior Observation Rubric
| Skill Category | ⭐ Developing (1) | ⭐⭐ Competent (2) | ⭐⭐⭐ Exemplary (3) |
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| Safe Transitions | Frequent physical contact or running indoors. | Transitions safely. Needs occasional verbal reminders. | Maintains body bubble independently during room moves. |
| Collaborative Play | Grabs materials, knocks down toys, struggles to share. | Shares toys and space with encouragement. Apologizes if prompted. | Proactively passes blocks and invites peers to play safely. |
| Impulse Control | Reacts to physical frustration instantly with hands/feet. | Keeps hands home during regular times; needs help when upset. | Self-regulates physical impulses and uses words/waves. |
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