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Heartprints
By: P. K. Hallinan
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Topics
Discussed in Book
- Being kind to others
- Random acts of kindness
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Book
Summary
A heartprint is “the
impression left behind by a deliberate act of kindness." This book shows different ways
someone can make a heartprint for others through simple acts of kindness, such
as smiling to others on the street or cheering on a teammate.
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Useful
Questions
- What is a heartprint?
- What are some examples of heartprints used in
the book?
- What do you do to leave a heartprint?
- What has someone else done to leave a
heartprint on you?
- How can we remember to leave heartprints on
others?
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Activities
- Send heartprints to classmates: Have students
make mailboxes out of brown lunch bags.
With little pieces of paper, allow students to write heartprint notes
to their friends and deliver them to their friend’s mailboxes.
- Reflect on past heartprints: Have students
reflect on the heartprints they have left on others in the past. Each student can write a paragraph about these
heart prints.
- Set goals: Have the students set and record in
a journal some heartprint goals they would like to make in the future. Have them check back on their goals each
week.
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