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Session summary
This session encourages everyone to think of ways to be kind to each other and their community. Discuss how we can be kind every day, what we can do for others and how this makes other people feel. Think of someone special and create a jar filled with kindness just for them.
Safety message
- Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
- Activities start when the first person arrives and end when the last person leaves, including leaders and their children.
- Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.
Activities
Opening a Squirrel meeting
Welcome everyone to the Squirrel meeting and get things off to a smooth start. Why not try this song and reflection?
Watch out, fox is about
Put on your thinking hat and work out who’s missing from the group.
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- Requirement 1
Make kindness jars
Make a kindness jar to show someone how much you care about them.
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- Requirement 3
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- Requirement 1
Goodbye Squirrels
Why not finish your meeting with this reflection and goodbye song?
Preparation
Equipment
- Coloured pens or pencils
- Scrap paper
- Sign in system (optional)
- Quiet games and puzzles (optional)
- Blanket or towel
- A4 paper
- Sticky tape
- Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
- Clean glass jars with lids (enough for one per person)
- Things to fill kindness jars
- Paint (optional)
- Paint brushes (optional)
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