Value for Life: Generosity July 2017
What does generosity mean to you?
- Being kind, like sharing your toys
- Letting other people join in
- Giving your time
- Being generous to people
- Letting other people have something
- Allowing others to do something
- Giving away old things
- Hep someone and use your time to help them
- Kind and showing that you care
- Looking after each other
- Helping and supporting others
- Putting others before yourself
- Providing food for others.
How do show generosity?
- Being helpful and kind
- Sharing
- If someone is upset, being there to help
- Be letting them do something
- Sharing things
- Giving away old toys
- Helping others
- Give things that you don’t need any more to the needy
- Showing kindness
- Don’t just think about you, think about others
- Being a good friend and person
- If someone needed to borrow something such as a pen, you could let them borrow it
- Kind to friends
- Giving things to others
- Somebody let me have one of their flapjacks.
In what ways do you receive generosity from others?
- I fell over and one of the Owls came and helped
- My dad helps me with homework
- By saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
- Being helped by someone
- Putting you in front of themselves
- My sister helps me tidy – generous with time
- Helps me with a game
- Sharing ‘stuff’
- My family give me money
- Dad takes me with him to do fun things
- I lost my tattoo and one of the Owls gave me another one.
When are you generous?
- I go and get a teacher if my friend is hurt
- At Christmas
- With family
- At home
- When people are stuck (eg maths) I try to help and support them
- My friend lets me borrow her pencil
- When people are generous to me
- Helping friends find things
- At playtime
- Give friends things
- Waking early to lay the table for breakfast.
Why is it important to be generous?
- To make people feel better about you
- In order to keep or make friends (2)
- To be liked
- To receive generosity back
- To help others
- Nice (2)
- It is good and kind to help others
- To make others feel better
- Creates happiness
- You’ll get more friends, bond and trust
- To make you happy
- You are generous and they pass it on to others
