Peace Education in Action with Kindness and Caring as Goals (Peace Education‪)‬

As you prepare for the first days of school, you may have some anxious thoughts about your new classroom. Will it be a place of peace where conflicts can be resolved? Will you recall some sad memories from the past? Perhaps you will remember a small group of children who could not settle their conflicts peacefully and responded with mean taunts and hateful language. Anyone who has taught can recall such painful memories. For the first day of classes this upcoming year, consider several suggestions that could be used from day one. These can set the stage for a peaceful classroom, with children from the first day learning how to treat each other with kindness within an environment of care and concern. Peace education and kindness can be twin goals for this new school year.