Kindness Catch Challenge Plan
Students will notice and reward acts of kindness among peers using Kindness Catch Cards, fostering empathy, positive reinforcement, and a supportive classroom culture.
Promoting positive peer recognition builds empathy, strengthens community, and increases friendly behaviors. Teaching students to catch and reward kindness helps maintain a respectful, encouraging environment.
Interactive kindness challenge with peer reinforcement.
Prep
Prepare Materials
5 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up: Compliment Circle
5 minutes
- Have students sit in a circle and pass around the Compliment Circle Prompt Cards.
- Each student draws a prompt and gives a sincere compliment to the classmate named.
- Encourage students to use kind words and maintain eye contact.
- Debrief: Ask, “How did giving or receiving a compliment make you feel?”
Step 2
Teach: Positive Reinforcement Intro
5 minutes
- Display the Spot the Kindness Slides.
- Define positive reinforcement: praising or rewarding good behavior to encourage more of it.
- Show examples of kind acts (sharing supplies, helping a friend).
- Explain that today’s challenge is to be on the lookout for classmates’ kind deeds.
Step 3
Activity: Kindness Catch Challenge
15 minutes
- Distribute a small stack of Kindness Catch Cards to each student.
- Explain rules: When you see someone do something kind, write their name and the act on a card and hand it to them.
- Encourage students to catch at least two acts of kindness before time is up.
- Circulate and model the process by catching and praising acts of kindness yourself.
- Play cheerful background music to keep energy high.
Step 4
Cool-Down: Reflection Star Journal
5 minutes
- Ask students to open their Reflection Star Journal.
- Prompt them to write or draw:
- One kind act they noticed or received.
- How it made them feel.
- One idea for spreading more kindness tomorrow.
- Invite a few volunteers to share their reflections.
- Close by highlighting how small acts of kindness make a big difference.
