Grades 1–5
My Kindness Web
Fill a kindness web with one way to be kind to your family, a friend, someone new, an animal, your teacher and the Earth.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
What Does It Mean? Kindness Quotes
Match five sayings about kindness, like “Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes,” to what they mean, then write about living one.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 25 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:
- Draw a line from each saying to what it means.
- “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
- Try to make someone’s day a little happier.
- “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”
- Even a tiny kind act makes a difference.
- “Kind words cost nothing.”
- Try to understand what another person is going through.
- “Be the reason someone smiles today.”
Teacher tip
Pick one quote for a class motto for the month.
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
- Is it ever hard to be kind? When?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Hold a kindness week with one class challenge each day.
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More kindness and empathy worksheets
Grades 2–5
Kindness in Action
Read six moments, from dropped books to a kid being teased, and circle the kind thing to do, then write about a kind act you saw.
Grades 1–5
Secret Kindness Mission
Become a secret kindness agent: do five kind acts this week without being asked, then log each mission and who it helped.
Grades K–2
Kind or Unkind?
Color the twelve kind acts and cross out the unkind ones, then draw yourself being kind.
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