Help your students discover that kindness can be taught, practiced, and grown with this engaging Seeds of Kindness resource. This social-emotional learning activity gives students meaningful opportunities to brainstorm acts of kindness, select kind actions they want to complete over time, and reflect on how their choices impact others.
With a combination of discussion, writing, and a creative craftivity, this resource makes it easy to build classroom community while reinforcing positive behavior. It also creates a meaningful bulletin board display to celebrate students’ ideas and actions.
What’s Included
- Suggested sequence of instruction
- Suggested read-aloud
- Ideas for acts of kindness at:
- school
- home
- in the community
- Kindness brainstorming sheet
- Reflection sheet
- Craftivity pages in two font choices
Skills Covered
- Social-emotional learning
- Kindness and empathy
- Reflection and self-awareness
- Community building
- Decision-making
- Writing and brainstorming
Ways to Use This Resource
- Kindness lessons
- SEL activities
- Character education units
- Bulletin board displays
- Morning meeting discussions
- Classroom community building
- Service learning discussions
- School counseling activities
Why Teachers Love It
Teachers appreciate this resource because it combines SEL, writing, and creativity in a way that feels meaningful and age-appropriate. Students are encouraged not only to talk about kindness, but also to plan, practice, and reflect on it. The included craftivity adds a fun visual element and helps create an engaging display for the classroom or hallway.
Important Details
All pages print on 8.5 x 11 paper.
If you are looking for a thoughtful kindness activity, SEL craft, or character education resource that helps students practice kindness in real and meaningful ways, this Seeds of Kindness pack is a great addition to your classroom. It supports positive classroom culture while giving students tools to reflect on how their actions can make a difference.
nicole M. –
I used this as an open house activity and they turned out super cute! I love how colorful the project is and the movement because of the hanging seeds was cute.
Valerie M –
Thank you for creating such a wonderful resource....
Cetta R. –
We teach about plants in our curriculum. It is so nice to have a resource dealing with plants but covering the topic of kindness.
January M. –
Such a fun and cute craft to create and hang from the ceiling.
The Primary Sprout –
My students enjoyed talking about different ways to be kind and showing their parents during open house!