Assuming that they will grow into kind adults on their own and why waste time over such thing instead of doing piano, studies or other meaningful act is not right. Imagine how much better would be offices, classrooms and other places if this trait is made practice from an early age. Challenges develop a sense of motivation amongst children to take and spread positivity.

Being a parent or a teacher we must put efforts over such deeds and help them carry along with the studies. Below are a few of the many kindness activities for elementary students that encourages kind attitude and positivity..

1) Good Things:

This is one of a short and impactful kindness activities for kids which results spreading positive environment in the classroom. You can even initiate a lecture with it. Gather all the children along, you can also switch their seats before beginning. Give them sticky notes and 5 minutes to write one good thing about his bench partner. Do tell them to write their names at the top of the paper. You can also add a few questions if you’re planning a change for example ‘one best thing about you’ or may be ‘I adore your personality because’. Follow by making them read out loud at the end and let others know about it. This would not only make his bond stronger with him but also make each other realize the importance of little things they don’t count. It will be an opportunity for children to share their opinion which maybe they won’t even say for the rest of their lives.

2) Appreciation Box:

Since some people hold a shy personality since childhood and they don’t find comfortable saying things in front of everyone. Such kindness activities for elementary students are to encourage children and have them open up their views in front of everyone. An appreciation box can be set up and placed at the back of the classroom with a pad of sticky notes attached. Every student including teachers can leave an appreciation message inside it. At the end of every week all the message could be read out aloud in front of the whole class.

3) Read Out Books About Kindness:

Teaching kindness to elementary students through literature is a fun and most successful way of determining the benefits and making kids realize the impact of kind attitude towards others. Add such books to your list and have it read out explaining the importance of kindness and the benefits it lays over one own self. The kindness quilt, be kind and good people everywhere are some of the many out there.

4) Praise Kindness:

There’s a lot of negativity surrounding us in this era where there are a very few people out there who put efforts to make someone feel worthy. Such children deserve praise and reward, which might not be too much of a thing but a compliment through a note. Rewarding them with any famous inspirational quote and telling its meaning to everyone is another way.

5) Kind Designs or Posters:

For this activity you can divide children into smaller groups and provide each one with a poster and colorful markers. Tell them to put all their creativity onto it and write a kind quote on their own or select one written from the board. They can take ideas from the partners and together work on it. At the end showcase all of them onto a board or any wall in the classroom for others to get motivation from it too.

6) Appreciation Letters :

There are a lot of people around us in the school who work extremely hard in different ways. They get little or no appreciation and are instead sometimes mistreated. Teaching children to be kind towards such people is also very important. You can set an activity once every month to praise the efforts of such people by making children write motivational letters to them. Such kindness activities for kids imprints the minds of children that everyone around them deserves love and kindness.

8) Kindness Awards:

Give students kindness rewards as a result of their kind attitude towards others. Such little acts develop encouragement in children to take such gesture with them in the future also. Awards not only refer to medals but it can be anything as little as an appreciation note or quote just to keep them going that way and make others realize the importance of positivity and kindness.

We should realize that kindness activities for elementary students are important just like teaching math, English and other subjects to them. Remember that if a child doesn’t carry positivity no matter how hard he tries he won’t be able to succeed. The behavior comes from practice and observing others and maintaining a kind gesture. That is why making your child follow and understand how to be a kind person is very important. You should always seize the opportunity to make them learn spread positivity around. By doing so you’ll observe and feel a visual change in the classroom environment and the behavior towards others. Not only by teaching, you can also induce kindness games for elementary students to make learning fun and more impactful.