Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on the third Monday in January, honors the leader who worked all his life, peacefully, for fair laws and equal treatment for all people. Since 1994 it has been a national day of service, so it is a day to dream of a fairer world and to do something kind to help make it one.
Five pages, each read aloud, on big handwriting lines with starters to trace. Page 1: my dream for the world. Page 2: how I can help at school or at home. Page 3: solving a problem peacefully in three steps, stop and calm down, talk and listen, find a fair way. Page 4: a kindness chain of six strips to cut out, write on and glue into loops. Page 5: three ways to help others.
Read a short text about Martin Luther King Jr. first, then talk about what a dream for the world could be. Join every child's kindness strips into one long class chain and hang it across the room.
Pick one way to help someone on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and do it together, then add it to your child's kindness chain.
Writing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day about a dream for the world, helping others and solving problems peacefully. Children draw and write with starters to trace, plan three peaceful steps, write kind acts on a paper chain and draw three ways to help.
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