At a preschool in Boynton Beach, Florida, kindness is part of the curriculum, and the results are already reaching far beyond the classroom.
This month, students at The Learning Experience set out to do something big: help grant wishes for children facing critical illnesses through Make-A-Wish Foundation.
They’re not doing it with corporate sponsors or major donors.
They’re doing it with songs, drawings, piggy banks, and a whole lot of heart.
From classroom to classroom, the children are learning what it means to care for others. They’re writing letters to kids they’ve never met. They’re building “wishing trees” and crafting kindness wands.
“We’re learning kindness to people,” one 5-year-old explained simply.
The effort is part of a year-round program designed to teach generosity, inclusion, and empathy, not as abstract ideas, but as habits. And in April, those lessons turned into action.
The school’s “Let’s Grant Wishes” campaign included creative fundraisers like penny wars, where spare change became something much more meaningful. Families joined in. Siblings got involved. One older brother even emptied his piggy bank into the collection with no hesitation.
That’s when it became clear: this wasn’t just happening in the classroom anymore.
It was spreading.
By the time the campaign nears its end, the preschoolers will have raised more than $8,000, which is enough to grant at least one wish, and within reach of a second.
The Bright Side
For kids who haven’t yet mastered their ABCs, that’s a pretty extraordinary lesson learned.
Because sometimes the most powerful thing you can teach a child…
is that they already have something to give.
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