Kindness Resources & Activities
How Do YOU Practice Kindness?
Video Discussion Questions
1. Why does Houston believe Kindness isn't as easy as throwing confetti?
2. What are some character traits Houston stated are needed in order to show Kindness?
3. Have you ever offered Kindness to someone and it was rejected in a way? If so, how did it make you feel? Would Houston say we should still offer that person Kindness?
4. What do you think is the main reason people at our school might not always show Kindness?
5. What is one way you could show Kindness to someone today?
Downloadable Kindness Posters - TWO Designs!
"The kind of kindness the world needs is practiced, it’s habitual, it’s regimented. It’s not random acts, it’s thoughtful consistent acts over time. Nice is just a reaction. If you’re nice to me I’ll be nice back to you. If nice is reactive, kindness is proactive.”
- Houston Kraft
Proactively spread kindness within your classroom or school with these posters!
31 Acts of Kindness
Click here to check out our list of acts of kindness that you can implement in your school or classroom - or encourage and challenge your students to embrace! This could be downloaded and hung in your classroom as a guide or displayed on a screen for a daily 'competition' that you use as a class.
To the Person Who
Here are a few prompts to help put Kindness into action directed at specific people in your life. This exercise requires two parts: think of the first person who comes to mind that fits the description, then send a text or call to that person and fill in the blanks to practice some Kind communication.
Elementary Kindness Activities
Kindness Coloring Sheet
Kindness is compassion in action. Here at CharacterStrong, our elementary curriculum kicks off and closes every school year with a focus on kindness. Looking to release some creativity while spreading kindness? Check out our new Be Kind coloring page.
5 Days of Kindness Dares
We could all use more Kindness on our campuses (and in the world). This resource is focused on putting Empathy into action through Kindness.
You will find 5 days of Kindness challenges for Staff to do alongside their students. All challenges are 10 minutes or less.
Admin & Staff Kindness Dares
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Buy Deep Kindness
Deep Kindness is available from all the major booksellers. Click here to learn more and purchase!
"I was sitting outside one day feeling deflated about the state of the world. I’m not sure if you’ve ever looked around and felt frustrated with the divisiveness or cruelty of our current culture, but I’m confident I’m not alone in my occasional despondence. How is that we could so collectively believe in compassion and be so collectively ineffective at it?
That’s why I wrote the book. I want to offer a new way of thinking about kindness that explores that gap and challenges how we act with it in our daily lives." - Houston Kraft
Be Kind Journal
In Deep Kindness, Houston Kraft demonstrated the power of meaningful kindness in everyday life and provided actionable steps toward making the world a kinder, more accepting place. Be Kind: A 52-Week Journal for Practicing Kindness expands on the wisdom of its source material, providing you with fifty-two prompts, activities, and challenges to incorporate kindness into every week of the year. Click here to learn more!
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