Series

Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman

21 episodes

Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman turns the CBS reporter's real-life feel-good stories into short character lessons made for children. In each five-minute segment, Hartman and his own kids introduce one virtue, from compassion and honesty to perseverance, inclusion, and gratitude, then tell one true story of an everyday person who lived it out: a Girl Scout who wouldn't oversell her cookies, a boy who fed the hungry in a cape, a class that built a playground everyone could use. Warm and quick, each carries discussion questions and a simple work-a-long, making it an easy way to open a morning meeting or a social-emotional block. Vetted for grades K to 6.

what this series covers

What Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman covers

21 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Social-Emotional Learning. Between them they line up with 20 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

K: 6
1st: 7
2nd: 15
3rd: 21
4th: 18
5th: 15
6th: 11

Episodes per subject

Social-Emotional Learning: 21

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 20

CASEL.SM.3Show self-discipline and self-motivation — keep working when a task gets hard or boring.
CASEL.SOA.2Demonstrate empathy and compassion for others.
CASEL.RS.8Stand up for the rights of others.
CASEL.RDM.6Reflect on your role in the well-being of your family, classroom, and community.
CASEL.RS.2Build and keep positive relationships and friendships.
CASEL.RS.7Seek help when you need it and offer help when someone else does.

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CASEL.RS.9Show respect and cultural competency across differences in background, language, and ability.
CASEL.SA.5Show self-confidence — believe you can do hard things and take on a challenge.
CASEL.SOA.5Understand and express gratitude.
CASEL.RDM.2Identify solutions to personal and social problems.
CASEL.RS.1Communicate clearly and listen actively.
CASEL.RS.3Practice teamwork and solve problems collaboratively.
CASEL.SA.4Show honesty and integrity, including admitting mistakes.
CASEL.SA.6Hold a growth mindset: treat effort, practice, and mistakes as how ability grows.
CASEL.SM.4Set personal and group goals and track progress toward them.
CASEL.SM.6Show the courage to take initiative — start something, try, or speak up first.
CASEL.SM.7Demonstrate personal and collective agency — recognize that your choices, alone and with others, change outcomes.
CASEL.SOA.3Show concern for other people's feelings and respond to them with care.
CASEL.SOA.4Recognize strengths in others and say what you appreciate about them.
CASEL.SOA.6Identify the different rules and norms groups follow, including ones that are unfair.