✂️Children cut, sort, glue and color their way through ten kindness themes, from the playground and the lunch table to pets, nature and being kind to themselves. Two levels let preschoolers choose kind actions while kindergarten and 1st grade sort kind from not kind and write about it.
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This free kindness resource gives preschool, PreK, kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms a hands-on way to talk about what kindness looks like. Children cut out picture cards, decide which actions are kind, glue them down and color, building fine motor skills while they practice social emotional learning.
The 32 pages cover ten kindness themes children meet every day: school, friends, the playground, family and home, pets, nature and Earth, lunch and snack time, the neighborhood, making a new friend, and being kind to myself. The self-kindness theme is a thoughtful reminder that young children deserve kind words too.
Two levels keep the activity right for a range of ages. In Level 1, Choose 3, younger children cut six picture cards, pick three kind actions and glue them into numbered boxes. In Level 2, Kind or Not Kind?, kindergarten and 1st grade students sort six cards and finish the writing prompt "I can be kind ___ by...".
Ten Kindness Talk Cards support speaking and listening during morning meeting or circle time. A My Kindness Pledge page, an "Our Kindness Counts!" class tracker, home notes and a Kindness Champion certificate help build classroom community over the week.
A two-week study plan, teacher notes and answer keys for the Level 2 sorts are included. It works well for Kindness Week, character education, counseling, special education and homeschool.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching Kindness to Young Children: A Kindness Week Guide for PreK–1st GradeRead the guide →Sorting real-life picture cards makes kindness concrete, so young children can point to it, talk about it and explain their choice. The cutting and gluing keeps little hands busy, and two levels let a whole class work on the same theme at the right challenge.
Yes. It is a free 32-page black and white PDF.
Preschool, PreK, kindergarten and 1st grade. Level 1 is aimed at PreK–K and Level 2 at K–1.
In Level 1 they cut six picture cards, choose three kind actions, glue them into numbered boxes and color. In Level 2 they sort six cards into kind or not kind and complete a short writing prompt.
A two-week study plan is included, and the ten themes also work as single lessons during Kindness Week.
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