What is World Smile Day?
World Smile Day is celebrated the first Friday in October. World Smile Day is the perfect day to make others smile while also ensuring you have a smile on your face as well. There are a lot of events that go on around the globe on World Smile Day, all of which have been designed to make people feel happier and to share great moments with others. We see associations, organizations, people, and schools get involved, with many different activities going on that can make a person smile. This includes sending lovely messages to people and giving food to those who need it.
When is World Smile Day?
Friday, 6 October
Activities:
- Group discussion regarding World Smile Day
- Books regarding kindness and emotions
- Having emotional flash cards
- Creating a feelings wall
- Role play kind gestures i.e. Let somebody go in front of you in a line
- Ask somebody who is by themselves to come and play/making a new friend
- Encourage children to play with other friends in classroom
- Having children interact with the younger/older groups
- Centre project - Asking families, staff and community to donate food to feed the homeless
- Having a gathering for lunch with all the children and educators
- Singing and dancing along to "If your happy and you know it"