Grades 3–5
Kindness Vocabulary
Match seven kindness words, like compassion, generous and inclusive, to their meanings, then use two in a sentence.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
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.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 20 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:
- When you drop a pebble in a pond, ripples spread out in rings. Kindness spreads the same way:
- Write 1 to 6 to put the kindness ripple in order.
- At home, Theo helps his little sister finish her puzzle.
- Mia sees Theo drop his books and helps him pick them up.
- The friend’s mom holds the gate open for an older man.
- Theo smiles and thanks Mia.
- The man smiles and waves at everyone he passes.
- Theo’s sister shares her snack with a friend at the park.
Teacher tip
Pass a ball of yarn around a circle as each person shares a kind act.
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
- Is it ever hard to be kind? When?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Write kindness notes for another class, the office staff or the custodian.
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 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.
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!”
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