#BEKIND Saturday

#BeKind

Saturday is all about celebrating kindness — the small and big acts that make life brighter for ourselves, our families, our friends, and even our communities. Kindness helps us feel connected, valued, and supported, and it can lift someone’s whole day with just one thoughtful moment.

Today’s activities invite children and young people to notice kindness, practise it in playful ways, and discover how it can spark joy for everyone around them.

✨ Saturday Activities

1. Build a Play World
Use blankets, cushions, toys, or boxes to build your own imaginative play world — maybe a jungle, a castle, or a spaceship. Invite someone to join you and decide together how you’ll play there.
This activity supports UNCRC Article 31 – the right to play, helping children learn cooperation, imagination, and kindness through shared play.

2. Play Detective Mission
Become a “Play Detective” and look for moments of kindness — someone sharing, helping, or including others. Draw or write what you spot and share your discoveries.
This activity supports the My Health, My Rights Charter – a right to be me, encouraging empathy, reflection, and celebrating kind behaviours.

3. Design a Kindness Game
Invent a game where kindness earns points! Players can score for compliments, teamwork, sharing, or helping others. Make the rules, test them, and adjust the game so everyone feels included.
This activity supports EACH Charter Article 7 – the right to play, recreation and education, promoting leadership, creativity, and fairness.

🌱 Partner Activity: Play Scotland – Nurtured

Play Scotland’s contribution to this year’s Activity Book sits under the wellbeing indicator Nurtured, encouraging children to learn about caring for others — people, pets, or the natural world — through creativity and outdoor play.

Two nurturing activities are included:

🌿 Build a Bug Hotel

Children gather natural materials such as sticks, leaves, bark, rocks, and pinecones to build a cosy home for insects. This hands‑on activity encourages care for nature, creativity, and outdoor exploration.

⭐ Practise Helpful Praise

Children and adults create a “Superstar Award” together and use it to celebrate effort, kindness, and growth — not just outcomes. This activity promotes nurturing relationships, confidence, and the power of positive encouragement.

These activities support a nurturing environment where children feel valued, cared for, and supported — perfectly complementing Saturday’s kindness theme while staying true to Play Scotland’s Nurtured focus in the Activity Book.