Lesson Plan

Kindness Quest Lesson Plan

Students will recognize and name basic emotions, practice sharing and acts of kindness, and review our classroom rules through engaging activities.

Building social-emotional skills in kindergarten helps children develop empathy, self-regulation, and a positive learning environment, reducing conflicts and fostering cooperation.

Audience

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Materials

Prep

Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Welcome and Introduction

5 minutes

Step 2

Emotion Recognition Activity

10 minutes

Step 3

Sharing and Kindness Practice

10 minutes

Step 4

Wrap-Up and Reflection

5 minutes

Slide Deck

Kindness Quest

Welcome, friends! Introduce our Kindness Quest. Explain that today we will learn about feelings and practice being kind helpers.

Our Class Rules

Point to the Class Rules Poster and quickly review these two rules. Ask: “What does it mean to be kind?”

How Are You Feeling?

Show the Emotion Flashcards one by one. Ask: “What emotion do you see? How can you tell?” Encourage students to copy the facial expression.

Kindness Sharing

Bring out the Kindness Sharing Chart. Invite a volunteer to draw or write one kind act. After each entry, ask: “How does this act make someone feel?”

Quest Wrap-Up

Gather back on the carpet. Ask volunteers to share 1) an emotion we named and 2) a kind act from our chart. Hand out stickers or high-fives.

Keep Being Kind!

Celebrate your helpers! Remind everyone to keep following our class rules and share kindness all day.

Lesson Plan

Kindness Quest Lesson Plan

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Prepare Materials

Step 1

Welcome and Introduction

Step 2

Emotion Recognition Activity

Step 3

Sharing and Kindness Practice

Step 4

Wrap-Up and Reflection

Slide Deck

Kindness Quest

Our Class Rules

How Are You Feeling?

Kindness Sharing

Quest Wrap-Up

Keep Being Kind!

Worksheet

Reading

Kindness Quest

Vivian Garzon