Grades 1–3
The Kindness Ripple
Number six parts of a story to see how one kind act spreads from person to person, then plan a ripple of your own.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Kind to Animals and the Earth
Color the twelve ways to be kind to animals and our planet, cross out the ones that are not, then draw one you will do.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Kindness and empathy
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Kindness, Empathy, Perspective-taking, Inclusion
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Color the kind choices. Put an X on the ones that are not kind.
- Draw one way you will help animals or the Earth.
Words on this sheet
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Teacher tip
Connect it to a class pet, a school garden or a playground clean-up.
How to use it
- Read a short kindness story aloud before the sheet.
- Ask kids to name a kind thing someone did for them this week.
- Read scenarios aloud for younger kids and let them answer with a drawing.
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?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Hold a kindness week with one class challenge each day.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More kindness and empathy worksheets
Grades 3–5
Kindness Vocabulary
Match seven kindness words, like compassion, generous and inclusive, to their meanings, then use two in a sentence.
Grades K–5
20-Day Kindness Challenge
A four-week calendar with one small kind act for each school day. Check off each one you do.
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.
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