Write a letter, send a postcard or just do something nice for someone!
As a teacher, you can inspire kindness by setting up activities like :
- A “Kindness Jar,” where students drop in notes sharing kind deeds they’ve done or witnessed.
- Write kind messages to classmates or staff. These activities help promote social-emotional learning, creating a more supportive and connected school environment where kindness is at the heart of everyday interactions.#
- A compliment chain. Have each student write a compliment or kind message to another classmate. Connect the messages in a paper chain and hang it around the classroom. This creates a visible reminder of kindness. Keep adding links to the chain as more compliments and kind acts are shared throughout the term!
- Kindness Bingo! Agree a bingo card with random acts of kindness, like “help a friend,” “compliment someone,” or “include someone new at playtime.” Students try to complete a row of kind acts over a week.
- Assign each student a “secret kindness buddy” for a week. They must do small acts of kindness (like writing a kind note or helping with something) for their buddy without revealing who they are. At the end of the week, students can guess who their kindness buddy was.
If you want to try more activities… there is also the Random Acts of Kindness Day!
