Service learning builds the social intelligence that is so crucial for where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow. Big Hearts, Small Hands: Teaching Children to Make a Difference, is an innovative service learning guide and curriculum that can be integrated into elementary and secondary schools and programs. This book is an empowering step toward creating meaningful and engaging lessons and activities for students, the values of which are sustained well beyond their time with you. Developed with unique best practices, this book will provide you with:

• a step-by-step guide to creating and growing your own service-learning curriculum
• ideas and inspiration for instilling a habit of helping others
• teaching methods that integrate multiple areas of your existing curriculum with community outreach
• a range of manageable and rewarding ways to grow relationships in your local and global community
• planning notes, resources and templates to guide you in implementing your lessons and activities

This is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of your students, countless others in the world, and in the way you think and feel about education, parenting and your relationship to others.