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Completing 100 Acts of Kindness (Toddler Manners Challenge) and Starting 100+ Acts of Kindness

February 12, 2016 By Deb Chitwood Leave a Comment

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I can’t believe my 2-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, already completed the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge with our focus on toddler manners! We just started the challenge on Martin Luther King Day and worked on it when Zoey visited my house four or so afternoons each week. I have my daughter-in-law, Chea, to thank for Zoey’s awesome manners. I’m just glad I can help encourage Zoey to continue using them.

Completing 100 Acts of Kindness (Toddler Manners Challenge)

I like the 100 Acts of Kindness to be something toddlers can easily be successful with, whether they need a lot of help from their families to complete them or whether they’re able to complete them fairly easily without a lot of extra help. That’s part of the reason I chose a manners challenge for Zoey. Chea had trained her so well in using manners (and Zoey picks up manners rules so easily) that I knew she could succeed at showing 100 good manners before Valentine’s Day.

Focusing on Toddler Manners in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge

The 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge was a good excuse for us to place extra emphasis on manners. Montessori manners lessons and practice are the perfect way to focus on manners with a 2 year old. Zoey thinks it’s fun to see demonstrations of manners and then show how to do the manners herself. She also loves books about manners. After we initially worked with Montessori manners cards, I made a manners book with a second set of manners cards.

Looking at Her Manners Book after Completing the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge

Looking at Her Manners Book after Completing the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge

I was careful not to use the 100 Acts of Kindness chart (hundreds chart) as a reward chart, and we just talked about counting to 100 good manners. When Zoey finished her 100 good manners yesterday, we talked about all the people she made happy with her good manners. Since we often meet dogs with their owners during our neighborhood walks, we even talked about the animals she made happy. (Zoey was taught how to ask if she could pet a dog, how to approach the dog, and how to pet the dog gently.)

Manners Practice - Using a Tissue at 2 Years

Manners Practice – Using a Tissue at 2 Years

Now we’ll continue our focus on manners, although we won’t be counting manners.

  • It’s just become a fun habit to talk about good manners and how they’re making people (and animals) happy.
  • Zoey’s continuing to practice her manners lessons. Yesterday, she wanted to practice some of the manners in the book, such as using a tissue to blow her nose.
  • We’ve been singing manners songs, handwashing songs (because it’s good manners to have good hygiene), and kindness songs during the challenge. We’re continuing that emphasis as well.

I’m so glad we chose a manners focus for 100 Acts of Kindness. I’m not sure what our focus will be next year, but this was perfect for this year. Have you been doing 100 Acts of Kindness or focusing on manners lately?

My Hundred Acts of Kindness Posts

  • Join the 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2011)
  • Try a Little Kindness (2012)
  • Kindness Challenge #2: Montessori-Inspired Kindness (2012)
  • Montessori-Inspired 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2013)
  • Operation Beautiful Meets 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2014)
  • Family Fun with 100 Acts of Kindness and Operation Beautiful (2014)
  • Including a Toddler in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2015)
  • Using Montessori Principles in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2015)
  • Focusing on Toddler Manners in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2016)
  • Completing 100 Acts of Kindness (Toddler Manners challenge) and Starting 100+ Acts of Kindness (2016)
  • Encouraging 100 Acts of Kindness with the Kindness Elves (2017)
  • Fun with Kindness Elves, 100 Acts of Kindness, and the Kind Words Challenge (2017)
  • 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Big Sisters and Big Brothers (2018)
  • Family 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Babies and Older Children (2019)
  • Family and Neighborhood 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Toddlers on Up (2020)
  • Kindness Project for Children and Adults of All Ages {100 Acts of Kindness} (2021)
  • How to Prepare a Book Basket That Encourages Kindness (2021)



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