Classroom Kindness

How do you encourage kindness in your classroom?

Classroom Kindness

Encouraging students to be kind can be encouraged by fist modelling the value of kindness as their teacher. Set a good example by acting respectfully toward others throughout the school, most importantly your students and families. Teachers are great at this!

You can also:

• communicate the importance of helpfulness - thank students throughout the day for helping others
• use consistent classroom rules - the consistency will make a safe, happy environment from which students will feel secure to reflect on their behaviour and understand how kindness matters
• talk with children about the feelings of others and the consequences of children's unkind behaviour
• express appreciation when your students are genuinely kind to others

Kind Acts in the Classroom

3 easy ways to actively encourage a kindness in your classroom.

1. Draw pictures or take photos of children doing kind or caring things - like making cards for friends or new students, to send to people in need or donating items for a school event.  Display these photos or make a class book with photos with written reflections on how good your children felt to help some else.
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3. Create a class statement or promise that expresses the value of kindness in your learning space. 
4. Let your students know that they are valuable people that can help others. Start by saying to each child, "We could use your help”

Printables to support kindness in the classroom

We have a growing range of resources to support your efforts in creating a kind classroom. Here are a few:

Kindness Brain Breaks

Choose Kind Door Display

Owl-ways Kind Challenge

We'll Owl-ways Choose Kind Bulletin Board and Writing