Feelings and kindness
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Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Compliment Chain
Write a real, specific compliment for five people, link them into a chain and draw one of them smiling.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Kids practice
- kind words, noticing others, specific language
What kids do
“A good compliment is true and specific. Make a chain of five!”
- To · My compliment (say exactly what you noticed)
- Draw someone getting your compliment
- A compliment I got that I still remember:
- How did giving them feel?
How to run it
- Compare “nice shirt” with “you always let people join your game.”
- Make sure every child gets at least one compliment: assign names if needed.
- Cut the lines into strips and loop them into a paper chain.
Talk about it
- Why do specific compliments feel better?
- Is it hard to accept a compliment?
- Who could use a compliment today?
Take it further
Hang the class chain across the room and add to it every week.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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