Early Elementary Curriculum
A hands-on 5-lesson curriculum for grades K-2 that introduces students to kindness, empathy, and community helping through simple, engaging lessons. Students discover how they can use their time, talents, and treasure to care for others – both in and outside of their school – while identifying causes they care about and taking meaningful action. Includes ready-to-use lessons and activities, age-appropriate service ideas, and a supportive educator toolkit.
Educator Resources
Educator Guide
Comprehensive program guide with all five lesson plans, implementation strategies, materials lists, service project toolkit, and age-appropriate service ideas.
Service Project Toolkit
Planning and communication resources, including parent letters in English and Spanish as well as school announcement templates.
Curriculum Lessons
Heart Helpers
Students are introduced to philanthropy through discussion, storytelling, and hands-on activities, building understanding of giving, empathy, and their role as community helpers.
Ways We Give
Students explore who philanthropists are and how they give, identifying helpers in their lives while learning the 3Ts of philanthropy - time, talent, and treasure.
Giving in Action
Students apply their understanding of philanthropy by participating in a hands-on service project, building empathy, teamwork, and confidence as real-world helpers and givers.
Community Detectives
Students act as philanthropy detectives to identify needs in their school and begin planning a service project, developing problem-solving, empathy, and community awareness.
Growing as Givers
Students reflect on their service learning experiences, identifying successes and challenges while strengthening self-awareness, empathy, and their identity as confident, capable philanthropists.
