Lesson Plan

Spreading Kindness Everywhere

Students will learn about kindness and empathy through interactive storytelling and a hands-on craft activity.

This lesson promotes a positive class environment and encourages students to express and practice kindness, fostering social-emotional development.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Preparation

5 minutes

Step 1

Introduction and Storytelling

10 minutes

Step 2

Craft-making and Reflection

10 minutes

Slide Deck

Welcome to Kindness Counts!

Introduce the concept of kindness. Emphasize that being kind helps us feel happy and helps others too. Explain that we'll learn through a story and then act out kind behaviors.

Story Time: A Kind Act

Read the short story from the lesson plan to show examples of kindness. Ask students to think of a time they experienced kindness.

Let's Act It Out!

Set up the role-playing activity. Encourage students to act out a kind act or gesture, reminding them that every small act makes a big difference.

Craft Time: Our Kindness Tree

Guide students to make their own paper kindness trees as a visual reminder of their commitment to kindness. Collect shared ideas from students.