Definition :

Service is doing something nice or helpful for someone else.

Summary:
The book begins with a story within the story, Aesop’s Fable about “The Lion and the Mouse.” The rabbit family discusses the moral of the story - no matter what size you are you can do something kind. They begin a kindness project, to record acts of kindness in pictures on squares that can be joined together to make a quilt. Minna Rabbit brings the small kindness quilt she made a home for show and tell - this inspires the whole class to add their own squares to the quilt, eventually filling up the bulletin board in the classroom. The whole school gets involved until the hallway walls are filled with hand-drawn pictures of acts of kindness! 

Lesson Objectives: 

1. Students are inspired to make their own kindness quilt which gives them lots of ideas from classmates about acts of kindness they can perform at home, at school, and in the community. 

Guiding Questions: 

1. Can you retell the story “The Lion and the Mouse” in your own words? What happens first, next, and at the end of the story? 
2. What did the Lion learn from the Mouse? 
3. What is a quilt? What are real quilts made of? Do you have one at home? 
4. What did the rabbit children decide to do to celebrate kindness? 
5. What did Minna choose to draw for her kindness quilt? 
6. How did the class kindness quilt grow? 
7. Ask your family to contribute pictures to a family kindness quilt.
8. Tell your teacher about this story and ask if the class can make a kindness quilt. 
9. What are some acts of kindness mentioned in the story?
10. Do you have a favorite act of kindness you like to do?