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.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
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.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–5
- Time
- About 15 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:
- The one I will do first:
Teacher tip
Hang the webs in the hallway as a kindness display.
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.
- Model your own answer first. Kids open up more when the grown-up goes first.
Watch for
Kindness that is only for friends. Talk about being kind to people we don’t know well too.
Talk about it
- How do you think they felt?
- 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 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.
Grades K–2
The Right Kind Words
Match each moment, like a friend falling down or a new kid at recess, to the kind words that fit.
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