{"id":584,"date":"2022-03-20T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/?p=584"},"modified":"2022-03-20T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:45:29","slug":"happiness-and-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/20\/happiness-and-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness and Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When people are happy, it\u2019s much easier to be kind.\u00a0 However, being kind results in increased happiness, so they really go hand-in-hand.\u00a0 It is vital that we teach our children how to be happy and kind.\u00a0 Naturally equipping children with positive coping tools is essential due to the hectic pace of society today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20<sup>th<\/sup> March is World Happiness Day.\u00a0 To honour World Happiness Day, check out the ideas below and share these with your children to promote happiness \ud83d\ude01\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><u><strong>Simple ideas that promote happiness and laughter<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sharing stories<\/li><li>Playing games and \/ or telling riddles, brain teasers and jokes<\/li><li>Creating a dance together and \/ or dancing to music<\/li><li>Dressing up in costume<\/li><li>Looking at the clouds and making shapes out of them \u2013 use your imagination<\/li><li>Acting out a story<\/li><li>Spending time with family and friends<\/li><li>Doing things that you enjoy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><u style=\"font-weight: bold;\">An acrostic poem &#8216;<\/u><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;\">HAPPINESS<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>H<\/strong>elp family and friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>lways use manners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>P<\/strong>lease be kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>P<\/strong>lay and have fun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I<\/strong>magination is important<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>N<\/strong>ature time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>at healthy food, exercise, enjoy comedy and manage emotions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S<\/strong>leep well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S<\/strong>hare and show gratitude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u><strong>Activity:<\/strong><\/u><\/em> Share the Happiness Acrostic poem with your children.\u00a0 Ask them how many things in the poem they do on a daily or weekly basis.\u00a0 Is there anything they could add that could contribute to increased levels of happiness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>Activity<\/u><\/em>: <\/strong>Teach your children to make an acrostic poem with either words or pictures.\u00a0 Younger kids might think of things that start with that letter and then they can draw a picture starting with that letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><strong><u>20-Day Happiness Bingo Challenge<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Do-a-nice-gesture-for-your-family.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of 20-Day Happiness Bingo Challenge..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bee8713b-09df-4ac7-80fd-a40c50d8aaf4\" href=\"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Do-a-nice-gesture-for-your-family.pdf\">20-Day Happiness Bingo Challenge<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Do-a-nice-gesture-for-your-family.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bee8713b-09df-4ac7-80fd-a40c50d8aaf4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>Activity<\/u><\/em>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Carry out the 20-Day Happiness Bingo challenge with your children.\u00a0 Lead by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Happiness Day is a great excuse to come together as a family, enjoy each other\u2019s company, share some laughs and create happy memories together.\u00a0 Here\u2019s to World Happiness Day and your continued happiness! Spread joy, laughter, hope, peace and kindness like glitter \ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Helen Anderson \u2013 Kindness Cultivator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>B Ed, B Bus, Adv. Dip of Nutrition, Dip of Counselling, Dip of Life Coaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/helen_downunder\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/helen_downunder\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/helen_downunder\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/helen-anderson-2a487971\/\">LinkedIn&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/helen-anderson-2a487971\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/helen-anderson-2a487971\/<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helen.anderson.3114\">FaceBook<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helen.anderson.3114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helen.anderson.3114<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Disclaimer<\/u><\/em><em>: These activities do not replace the advice of any medical practitioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;Always seek advice from a doctor or medical practitioner if you have any concerns.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Accreditation: Feature Photo by Monstera from Pexels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Images from the 20 Day Happiness Bingo Challenge were all sourced from Pixabay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people are happy, it\u2019s much easier to be kind.\u00a0 However, being kind results in increased happiness, so they really go hand-in-hand.\u00a0 It is vital that we teach our children how to be happy and kind.\u00a0 Naturally equipping children with positive coping tools is essential due to the hectic pace of society today.\u00a0 The 20th March is World Happiness Day.\u00a0 To honour World Happiness Day, check out the ideas below and share these with your children to promote happiness \ud83d\ude01\u00a0 Simple ideas that promote happiness and laughter Sharing stories Playing games and \/ or telling riddles, brain teasers and jokes&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-helen-kindness-cultivator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}