Giving Helps

What your kid learns

• Three ways to give

  You can give money. You can give time. You can give things.

• Big or small

  A big help is great. A small help counts, too.

• You choose together

  You and your grown-ups choose who to help.

• Helping feels good

  Helping others can make you feel happy inside.

The story: Helping at the park

At a park, Lena helps clean up, Sam shares about giving a toy to a toy drive, and a Give jar shows giving money.

1. Helper: Hi there! Lena wants to help today.
2. Lena: Our park has litter. I can help clean up!
3. Teacher: Here is a bag. Let’s clean up together.
4. Helper: Lena gives time. Time is a gift, too!
5. Sam: I gave my old toy to a toy drive.
6. Helper: Some families give money from a Give jar.
7. Helper: Help with money, time or things. Big or small, it helps!

The game: Helper Map

Visit three places. Pick a way to help at each one. Every pick helps!

Games use pretend money and work with taps or a keyboard. Nothing is timed.

New words

give

let someone have it to help

Also called: donate, charity

kindness

being friendly and caring

Questions at the end

• Which one is a way to give?
• Does giving your time count?
• Who chooses who to help?

Remember this

Help with money, time or things.

Talk about it

What is one kind thing we could do together this week?

Try it at home: Do one kind thing

1. Do one kind thing this week that costs no money.
2. Tell a grown-up what you did. Say it, sign it or point.

This mission is free. Kindness costs nothing.

School standards

• Grade K
• Social-emotional learning (CASEL): social awareness
• Texas TEKS 1.9D (early)
• National Standards for Personal Financial Education: Spending (giving)