Kindness and Helping Others

Kind kids make homes and neighborhoods happier, and helping feels good.

Why this matters (for parents): Notice and name kindness when you see it. Give kids real ways to help at home and with neighbors, and do kind acts together as a family.

A girl handing flowers to a smiling elderly neighbor in a rocking chair on her porch while a boy carries a basket of fresh vegetables

Lessons

  1. What Kindness Looks Likekind words, gentle hands, sharing and helping.
  2. Helping at Homesetting the table, feeding animals, folding laundry and tidying up together.
  3. Helping Neighborscarrying groceries, raking leaves or bringing fresh vegetables with a grown-up.
  4. Sharing Both Waysboys and girls share and offer to each other, both ways.
  5. Kind Words Mattersay please, thank you, good job and how can I help.
  6. Noticing When Someone Needs Helplook for someone who is alone, sad or carrying too much.
  7. Kindness to Animals and Naturegentle care for animals and taking care of the earth.
  8. A Kindness Habitdo one kind thing every day and notice how it feels.

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