Lesson Plan

Kindness Champions

Students will learn to recognize unkind behavior, name their feelings, and practice simple kindness actions to help friends and build a caring classroom.

At this age, children are developing social skills and empathy. Teaching them to spot unkindness early and use fun, age-appropriate kindness strategies helps create a safe, supportive environment.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review & Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Welcome & Story Time

10 minutes

Step 2

Spot Unkindness Game

8 minutes

Step 3

Draw Your Feelings

10 minutes

Step 4

Kindness Role-Play

10 minutes

Step 5

Pledge & Closing

7 minutes

Slide Deck

Kindness Champions

Welcome everyone! Today we’re becoming Kindness Champions. Read the title and explain that we’ll learn how to spot unkind behavior, talk about feelings, and practice being kind.

Meet Our Friends

Introduce the story characters. Point to the images of Sam and Alex and ask: Who are these friends?

Oh No… Unkind Words!

Read with emotion: show Alex’s speech bubble. Ask: Was that kind or unkind?

Sam Feels…

Ask students to share how Sam might feel. Point to each face and have kids name the feeling.

What Is Kindness?

Explain kindness in simple terms. Ask for examples: “What is something kind you can do?”

3 Steps to Help

Walk through each step slowly and have students repeat: “Notice… Use kind words… Do something nice.”

Let’s Practice!

Prepare students for the Spot Unkindness game and role-play activity. Explain how they’ll practice sorting and acting.

Lesson Plan

Kindness Champions

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review & Prepare Materials

Step 1

Welcome & Story Time

Step 2

Spot Unkindness Game

Step 3

Draw Your Feelings

Step 4

Kindness Role-Play

Step 5

Pledge & Closing

Slide Deck

Kindness Champions

Meet Our Friends

Oh No… Unkind Words!

Sam Feels…

What Is Kindness?

3 Steps to Help

Let’s Practice!

Worksheet

Activity

Game

Activity

Worksheet

Worksheet

Kindness Champions

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