All the parents want their kids to grow up to be kind and compassionate human beings. Kids are innocent and they act with kindness and compassion from a very early age - even before we start trying to teach them to be kind. According to Preschool La Canada Flintridge, CA teachers' observation, kids show a clear preference for a kind and helpful behavior as opposed to the mean behavior. Most of the time, they are great about sharing toys with their friends. But in this constantly changing world, parents want their kids to retain their kindness as being kind is just as important now as ever before.

You can read the following books to your children to understand the importance of kindness.

'How kind!' By Mary Murphy :

While reading this beautifully written and illustrated book, kids will explore different ways through which they can spread kindness in their community. The book also captures how simple and thoughtful actions can improve everyone's life. The colorful illustrations of the book show a mouse, cat, and rabbit highlight the different ways to express empathy and compassion to others. All the characters in the story show patience, generosity, care, and helpfulness to each other.

'Tomorrow I'll Be Kind' by Jessica Hische :

While playing outside kids learn to interact meaningfully with their surroundings. Teachers in Montessori South Pasadena CA, take them for a nature walk where they can think more freely, design their activities and approach the world through different inventive ways. They can use their thinking skill to use different elements from nature and create something new.

'Have You Filled a Bucket Today?' A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud :

This is a very popular picture storybook among Preschool La Canada Flintridge, CA students. This book deals with the idea that everyone has an “invisible bucket”. These buckets are used to hold your good thoughts and feelings about yourself and others. Whenever you do something good or show kindness to others, you help feel someone else's bucket. This book also provides kids with a visual representation of the importance of being kind.

'Shelter' by Céline Claire :

Céline Claire's encouraging picture storybook shares an eternal and appropriate message about the importance of kindness and generosity. With simple and evocative language, it explores how even small gestures can make a big difference to strangers for outsiders in a community. Preschool La Canada Flintridge, CA teachers encourage kids to read this book as it provides a wonderful opportunity for discussion about being welcoming and helping others in need.

'I Walk with Vanessa' by Kerascoët

This picture book celebrates the kindness of one girl who inspires a community to stand up against bullying. The story deals with the powerful concepts of helplessness and anger that arise in the girl on seeing one of her classmates treated badly by others. The pictures also show how one single act of kindness can lead an entire community joining in to help.