Acts Of Kindness Activities Kindness Prompts Kindness Bucket Filling Activities

This Acts of Kindness resource is a simple, printable primary SEL pack for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers who want to build a kinder classroom community. It keeps kindness concrete and age-appropriate, so young learners can understand it and practice it right away.

Students learn what acts of kindness are, brainstorm kind things they can do for classmates, friends and family, write and draw about a kind action, and use kindness prompts and kindness cards to spread kindness in the classroom. Use it as a mini-unit or as stand-alone activities throughout the year.

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING

★★★★★ “Thank you so much for creating a lower elementary, 'Acts of Kindness,' resource for me. I love it. Awesome graphic organizers and adorable clip art. Love the lesson plans, too. Can't wait to teach these lessons and see my kiddos doing random acts of kindness for each other.” Glistening G.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (NON-EDITABLE PDF)

• Cover Page
• Teacher Information and How-to-Use Page
• Teacher Page: Why Teach Kindness?
• Lesson Plan and Student Reading Page: What Are Acts of Kindness?
• Lesson Plan: "I Can" Do Acts of Kindness
• Brainstorm Page: "I Can" Do Acts of Kindness, where students list 5 ways to show kindness
• 2 Journal Pages: "I Can" Do Acts of Kindness, in different writing line formats
• Lesson Plan: Acts of Kindness Prompts
• Acts of Kindness Jar: a teacher page on how to photocopy, cut, laminate and use the prompts, a printable jar label and a full page of prompts
• Lesson Plan: Acts of Kindness Cards, with a teacher page
• Student Name Card Pages so children can draw a name and write a kind note to a classmate
• Act of Kindness Card Pages in multiple styles, print-and-go cards students can cut out and use during free time or kindness activities

HOW TO USE IT

The prompts are real, doable actions for primary students, such as playing with someone new at recess, picking up litter, asking an adult how their day has been, giving a compliment, telling someone why they're awesome, making a new friend, making a kindness note or drawing for someone, tidying the classroom, helping carry things, saying hello and smiling, letting someone go ahead in line, helping a friend clean up and inviting someone playing alone to join in. Students pull a prompt from the Kindness Jar and complete it during the school day.

For the kindness cards, the lesson plan suggests writing student names on cards, placing them in a bag and having each student draw a classmate's name to write them a kind note. The pack fits kindness week, character education, bucket filling, friendship lessons, morning meeting, positive behavior support, sub plans and homeschool kindness lessons.

FAQ

Who can use this resource?

Teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers who want primary kindness activities and printable kindness supports for younger learners.

What kinds of activities are included?

A kindness reading page, brainstorm page, journal pages, acts of kindness prompts, a Kindness Jar label, student name cards and multiple styles of printable kindness cards.

Is it a good fit for primary students?

Yes. The kindness actions are simple, concrete and easy to understand.

Is it editable?

No. It is a non-editable PDF.

ALL TEACHER REVIEWS

★★★★ “Great resource! :)” Leslie B.

★★★★ “very useful material!” carolina S.

★★★★★ “My class loved it!!!” Chrysta B.

★★★★★ “Great back to school activity!” Jenny L.

★★★★★ “Aqwesome” jorilynn P.

★★★★★ “Great activities for encouraging kindness in the classroom” cheryl R.

★★★★★ “Great resource! Worked well as a bucket filler activity. Thank you! :)” Ashley S.

★★★★★ “Good resource, thank you!” Love F.

★★★★★ “Awesome! I can't wait to use this.” Veida S.

★★★★★ “Great resource to teach my students all about kindness! Thank you!” Reppin w.

★★★★★ “Very useful for my students, thank you! :)” Andrea L.

★★★★★ “Perfect exactly what I needed!” Emily P.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen McGiveron (Ms Artastic) creates visual art resources for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers who want meaningful, easy-to-teach art lessons for kids, whether in an art room, a regular classroom or at home. She was the featured cover educator in OCO Magazine (October 2025), has been featured on NBC LX, and hosts the Ms Artastic YouTube Channel and Podcast.

TERMS OF USE

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YOU MAY: use this resource as a single educator. Please purchase additional licenses if more than one teacher will be using it.

YOU MAY NOT: share, copy, upload, post online, distribute or resell this resource in any form.

Sincerely,

Ms Artastic