1. Compliment Cards: Encourage students to write anonymous notes or cards complimenting their classmates on their actions, thoughts, or appearance. Display them on a “Compliment Board” in the classroom.
2. Kindness Journal: Have students maintain a journal for a week where they record daily acts of kindness they have done or witnessed.
3. Random Acts of Kindness Bingo: Create a bingo card with different acts of kindness for students to complete during the week.
4. Kindness Quotes Discussion: Introduce quotes about kindness and facilitate a discussion on what they mean and how they apply to everyday life.
5. Gratitude Jar: Set up a jar in the classroom where students write down things they are grateful for and drop them in the jar.
6. Peer Mentorship: Pair upper grade students with younger grade students as buddies to help with homework, school activities, or just offer support.
7. Volunteer Day: Organize a day in which your class volunteers at a local charity organization or community center.
8. Kindness Charades: Play charades but with kindness-themed scenarios that students must act out.
9. Thank-you Note Blitz: Encourage students to write handwritten thank-you notes to school staff members, such as custodians or cafeteria workers, showing appreciation for their hard work.
10. Classroom Kindness Awards: Hold a ceremony celebrating acts of kindness and award certificates to students who demonstrated exceptional care and compassion.
11. Smile Day: Organize an entire day dedicated to smiling; encourage students to smile at everyone they encounter throughout the day.
12. Share Your Story Day: Give students the opportunity to share stories about how kindness has positively impacted their lives.
13. Create Care Packages: Make care packages for local homeless shelters, hospitals, or nursing homes; include handwritten notes and small essentials, like toiletries and snacks.
14. Kindness Scavenger Hunt: Create a list of random act of kindness items that students can “hunt” for throughout the school.
15. Positive Affirmation Posters: Create positive affirmation posters for your classroom and encourage students to read them daily.
16. Gratitude Circle: Hold a gratitude circle in your classroom, where students take turns sharing something they are grateful for.
17. Compliment Train: Initiate a compliment train where students give a genuine compliment to the person to their right, continuing until everyone has given and received a compliment.
18. Watch Kindness Videos: Watch short, inspiring videos and movies about acts of kindness; follow up with a reflective discussion.
19. Kindness Skits: Have students create and perform skits that depict acts of kindness in various scenarios.
20. Create a Kindness Club: Establish an after-school club dedicated to spreading kindness in the school and community through various projects and activities.
