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Kindness Counts!

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Lesson Plan

Kindness Counts!

Students will be able to define kindness and identify examples of kind actions, and practice showing kindness to others.

Kindness is a fundamental social-emotional skill that fosters positive relationships, a supportive classroom environment, and overall well-being. This lesson helps students develop empathy and learn how their actions impact others.

Audience

3rd Grade

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Interactive discussion, storytelling, and a hands-on activity.

Materials

Whiteboard or Projector, Markers or Pens, Kindness Counts Slide Deck, Kindness Challenge Activity, and Kindness Reflection Journal

Prep

Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Warm-up: What is Kindness?

5 minutes

  • Begin by asking students: "What comes to mind when you hear the word 'kindness'?" (2 minutes)
    - Facilitate a brief class discussion, writing down key ideas on the board. (3 minutes)

Step 2

Introduction to Kindness

8 minutes

  • Use the Kindness Counts Slide Deck to introduce the concept of kindness, empathy, and how it makes others feel. (5 minutes)
    - Share a short story or example of a kind act and discuss its impact. (3 minutes)

Step 3

Kindness Challenge Activity

10 minutes

  • Distribute the Kindness Challenge Activity worksheet. (1 minute)
    - Explain the activity: Students will brainstorm and commit to one kind act they will perform today. (2 minutes)
    - Allow students time to complete the worksheet individually. Circulate to provide support and encourage thoughtful ideas. (7 minutes)

Step 4

Share and Reflect

5 minutes

  • Invite a few students to share their planned kind acts from the Kindness Challenge Activity with the class. (3 minutes)
    - Distribute the Kindness Reflection Journal and explain that students can use it to record kind acts they observe or perform throughout the week. (2 minutes)
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Slide Deck

Kindness Counts!

What does kindness mean to you?

Welcome students and introduce the topic of kindness. Ask them what comes to mind when they hear the word. Encourage a few shares.

What is Kindness?

Kindness is being friendly, generous, and considerate to others. It's about showing care and making people feel good.

Define kindness for students. Emphasize that it's about being friendly, generous, and considerate. Give simple examples.

Empathy: Understanding Others' Feelings

Empathy is when you understand and share the feelings of another person.

It's like putting yourself in their shoes!

Discuss empathy. Explain that it's understanding how others feel. Ask students for examples of how they might know someone is sad or happy.

The Power of Kindness

When you are kind, you make others feel:

  • Happy
  • Valued
  • Safe
  • Loved

And it makes YOU feel good too!

Talk about how kindness makes everyone feel good – both the giver and the receiver. Ask students how it feels when someone is kind to them.

Your Kindness Challenge!

Today, you will choose ONE kind act to do.

Think about:

  • Who can you be kind to?
  • What kind act will you do?
  • How will it make them feel?

Introduce the Kindness Challenge. Explain that they will choose one kind act to do today. Give examples if needed (e.g., helping a friend, sharing, complimenting someone).

Be a Kindness Champion!

Every act of kindness, no matter how small, makes a big difference.

Let's all be kindness champions!

Conclude by reminding them that kindness is a choice they can make every day. Encourage them to keep an eye out for kindness.

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Worksheet

Kindness Challenge Activity

Name: _____________________________

Date: _____________________________

Your Mission: Choose ONE Act of Kindness!

Think about someone you can show kindness to today. It could be a classmate, a teacher, a family member, or even a friend on the playground!

  1. Who will you show kindness to today?







  1. What specific kind act will you do for them?












  1. How do you think your kind act will make them feel?







  1. How do you think performing this kind act will make you feel?







Examples of Kind Acts:

  • Give a compliment
  • Help someone pick up dropped items
  • Share your supplies
  • Invite someone to play
  • Listen carefully when someone is talking
  • Hold the door open for someone
  • Offer to help a teacher

Let's spread kindness! Kindness Counts!

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Journal

My Kindness Reflection Journal

Name: _____________________________

Reflecting on Kindness

Use this journal to write about kind acts you see or do throughout the week. Remember, every act of kindness, big or small, makes a difference!

Prompt 1: A Kind Act I Did

Describe a time this week when you showed kindness to someone. What did you do, who was it for, and how did it make you and the other person feel?













Prompt 2: A Kind Act I Saw

Describe a time this week when you saw someone else being kind. What did you observe? How did it affect the people involved?













Prompt 3: Spreading More Kindness

What is one new way you could try to be kind to someone next week? Why is this important to you?













Remember, kindness is a superpower! Keep shining bright!

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