Make\na list of 100 ways to be kind to others. Write the list on poster-size paper or\na banner and hang it in your classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Create a Class Song About Kindness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Perform it for other classes at your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) Write Poems or Stories\nInvolving Kindness Concepts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\nstudents write their own, or let them work in groups, and then share their\nwriting with the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4) Create Kindness\nBadges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Create\nbadges that students can hand out to each other if they see someone else being\nkind or someone who needs some kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5) Set up a Kindness\nTree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Place\na fake tree in your classroom and hang tags with acts of kindness written on\nthem. Have each student choose a tag every day and perform the kindness act\nwritten on it at some point through the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6) Create a Kindness\nBoard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Turn\na bulletin board or wall into a Kindness Board and provide sticky notes or\nsmall pieces of paper. Encourage students to share kindness acts they witness\nothers doing or to say \u201cThank You\u201d to someone who did something for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7) Kindness Cards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\nstudents write and send postcards to hospitalized children or the siblings of\nhospitalized children to help cheer them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8) Kindness Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Turn Random Acts of Kindness Week into Random Acts of Kindness MONTH. Create a classroom calendar with a kind act listed for each day, and encourage kids to perform the act for each day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9) Show Appreciation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\nstudents write letters or make banners showing appreciation to\nbehind-the-scenes staff (e.g. custodians, cooks, lunch monitors, security\nguards, etc.) at your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10) Thank-you Station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Set\nup a station with a box, paper, and pencils where students can write notes\n(signed or anonymous) to thank someone else for something. Read the notes out\nloud at the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11) Make Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\nstudents create their own videos outlining kindness concepts. Have a screening\n(complete with popcorn) of all the videos at the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12) Start a Kindness\nClub<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Recruit students to be members of a Kindness Club that promotes concepts and acts of kindness all year long. Use this helpful Kindness Club Guide<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13) Create a Culture of\nPositivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\nstudents create banners with positive sayings on them to hang all around your\nschool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14) Make Bookmarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\neach student create a bookmark with a positive saying, words of encouragement,\nor picture of an act of kindness. Visit your school library and have student\nleave their bookmarks in random books for others to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15) Kindness Rocks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do\na fun art project where students paint kindness rocks and leave them in random\nplaces in the community for strangers to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kick off Random Acts of Kindness Week at your school by handing out buttons<\/a>, dog tags<\/a>, or wristbands<\/a> promoting good character and citizenship. Then, try some of these fun ideas to reinforce kindness concepts and get your kids thinking about ways they can always be kind to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Kindness_Song.gif\")
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