Helpfulness: Kindness In Action
Helpfulness is the quality of giving or being ready to give help. I like to say that helpfulness is kindness in action.
Watch the video and have a discussion with your class or someone you know. Below, there are some suggested questions or writing prompts.
I think kindness and helpfulness are very similar.
Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
Helpfulness is the quality of giving or being ready to give help.
I like to squish those two definitions together to say that: Helpfulness is kindness in action.
You demonstrate the qualities of kindness whenever you are being helpful.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
In what ways are kindness and helpfulness similar?
In what ways are kindness and helpfulness different?
Do you think kindness and helpfulness are similar? Why or why not?
What do you think of the definition: helpfulness is kindness in action?
What did you think about the video with the boy and the woman’s purse? What did you think he was going to do with her purse? What would you do if you found someone’s purse?
In what ways can you put kindness into action at home? At school? Tell me about it.
