Grades 1–3
Kind Words Scramble
Unscramble eight kind words, like please, share and welcome, using the clues, then write a kind sentence with two of them.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
20-Day Kindness Challenge
A four-week calendar with one small kind act for each school day. Check off each one you do.
- Grade level
- Grades K–5
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Kindness and empathy
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Kindness, Empathy, Perspective-taking, Inclusion
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Do one kind act each school day. Check the box when you do it.
- Tell your family
- Do a kind act you choose
- My favorite kind act was:
- How it made someone feel:
Words on this sheet
MonTueWedThuFriSmile atsomeone newSay goodoffice staffworkerfor someoneInvite someoneto playfirstCheer for aThank ateachernotewithout beingaskedwith workGive aRead to ayounger kid
Teacher tip
Do the challenge as a class so kids can share each day’s act at the end of the day.
How to use it
- Catch kids being kind and name exactly what they did.
- Keep a kindness jar: add a pom-pom for each kind act you notice.
- Let kids choose to share or keep their answers private. Both are fine.
Watch for
Kindness that is only for friends. Talk about being kind to people we don’t know well too.
Talk about it
- What is a kind thing you could do right now?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Write kindness notes for another class, the office staff or the custodian.
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More kindness and empathy worksheets
Grades K–1
Kind Hands, Kind Words
A grown-up reads eight kind acts out loud, and kids sort them into kind hands, like a high five, and kind words, like “good job!”
Grades 1–4
Write a Thank-You Note
Write a real thank-you note to someone who helped you: who they are, what they did and how it made you feel, plus a picture.
Grades 2–5
Four Steps to Empathy
Number the four steps to empathy, notice, imagine, ask and show you care, then use them when a classmate drops a lunch tray.
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