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Kindness Quest

Objectives

  • Students practice one good deed a day for at least a week.
  • Students understand that a small kindness can make a big difference.
  • Students record their deeds on the sticker chart (printed or digital).

Lesson flow (40 min)

Lesson flow (40 min)
min Lesson flow (40 min)
0-5 Open the Kindness Quest page and show the 30-day chart — explain the challenge idea.
5-15 Read the first seven days' deeds with the class and discuss: which is easiest? Which is hardest?
15-25 Print the sticker chart and hand it out; each student colors day one after doing the deed at home.
25-35 Worksheet: write three kind deeds you can do at school this week.
35-40 The kindness promise: each student announces one deed they will do today.

Discussion questions

  1. Why is it sometimes hard to be kind?
  2. Is kindness to animals and plants as important as kindness to people?
  3. How do we encourage a classmate who forgot to do their deed today?

Worksheet

  1. Write three kind deeds for school and three for home.

  2. Pick one deed, do it today, then describe how you felt afterwards.

  3. Draw a smiley face for each day this week you completed your kind deed.

  4. Write a short thank-you note to someone who made you happy.

  5. Ask your teacher: what kind deed do they do?

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