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31 Kindness Activities for Kids

Math. Writing. Kindness. What do these three things have in common?

They're all skills to be taught, practiced, and reinforced. Of course, we also mess up and learn from our mistakes with all three. And they're all things we can get better at, no matter our age.

Today, we're rounding up one month's worth of kindness activities for kids.

Make sure you stay on track by downloading and printing our complete calendar of kindness activities listed below.

Before you continue, we thought you might like to download our FREE 21-Day Family Gratitude Challenge. Make this challenge a part of your night routine or family dinner time for the next 21 days (that's how long it takes to build a habit).

A Note Before We Start

Kindness must be intrinsically motivated.

According to Psychology Today, several studies have shown that "providing children with a reward for behavior is almost like telling them that the behavior itself is not much fun. So if you want to promote intrinsic motivation—if you want to teach your kids that learning in school or helping others are enjoyable in and of themselves—using rewards might be the wrong strategy."

Furthermore, those studies found that when the rewards stop, the positive behaviors often stop; however, when rewards weren't offered in the first place, the behaviors often continue.

Even praise should be used sparingly, as too much can create external motivation—though it shouldn't go unused. Instead, reserve your feedback and encouragement for when it's most beneficial.

(These studies were primarily done with neurotypical children; speak to an expert about your child's individual needs.)

Keep this in mind when going through each activity. Now, let's get started!

Day 1: Teach the Difference Between Kind and Nice

On day one of your month of kindness activities for kids, teach them the difference between "nice" and "kind."

  • Nice: doing what is expected to please those around you
  • Kind: showing empathy and being willing to stand up for what is right

Create a poster with a column for "kind" and a column for "nice. " Have the kids write suggestions on sticky notes (or offer pre-written options) and put them in the column where they think the options belong.

Discuss each note to agree if they are in the correct columns. It's okay to put a few in the middle—context can matter.

Once you've agreed upon which notes go in which column, hang the poster on the wall.

Day 2: Teach T.H.I.N.K.

"T.H.I.N.K." means before you say anything, you should ask yourself if what you're about to say is:

  • True
  • Helpful
  • Inspiring
  • Necessary
  • Kind

Consider showing your kids an actual social media post (or a made-up one for younger children). Look at the post and comments and have the kids determine how much the person used T.H.I.N.K before they posted—how many letters did they get?

Day 3: Write a Letter to Someone

Many grown-ups don't realize how impactful they are in a child's life. This next kid-friendly kindness activity teaches children gratitude while making someone’s day.

Ask your kids, "Name an adult (other than me) who is important to you.? Why?" When they decide—and this does need to be their decision so their gratitude is genuine—have them write a note or draw a picture that tells the adult specifically why they appreciate them.

Letters can be mailed or hand-delivered depending on the parameters you set. If you are a teacher, consider asking your kids to write a letter to another staff member at school.

Day 4: Teach About Empathy

You can teach your child empathy from day one by modeling it for them. As your kids get older, you can help them identify emotions, embrace diversity, and understand current events through the lens of kindness.

Spend this day focusing on teaching empathy skills—and keep this up as time goes on.

Day 5: Volunteer

Rather than saying your kids must volunteer at a specific location, talk to them about what matters to them. Animals? Older adults? The environment?

Once they've decided who to help, research locations where you can volunteer together.

After you've finished your day of volunteerism, discuss the experience with your children. If the volunteer spot was a good fit, consider going back regularly. If it wasn't, try somewhere new!

Day 6: Show Kindness to Workers

Turn an average day of errands into a kindness activity for your kids by making them aware of their surroundings and behavior.

If you go to a store and see items on the floor or tables that customers should have picked up or left tidy, your kids could pick them up. If they don’t know where items go, they can place them in a neat pile.

Have your child take the lead at checkout. (Be sure you've already practiced things you say to a store worker.) Positive interactions can make a worker's day!

If your child is older, fill them in on what a day in customer service can involve. Ask how they'd want to be treated if this was their job and remind them to think about that when they're out.

Day 7: Help Other Kids

On this day, teach your children how to help other kids.

You can create a “partner project” where each child reads a story or learns a skill, which they then need to teach their partner. You can also encourage older kids to help younger kids with schoolwork.

When kids help other kids meet their goals and learn new skills, they learn patience, kindness, and responsibility.

Day 8: See a Play or Musical

Keep an eye out for performances in your area. Read their synopses and determine if kindness could be a theme. If the play has a relevant online study guide available, even better!

A few live theatre options to help teach kindness (and frequently performed) are:

  • A Christmas Carol (Note: there are versions for younger audiences, which are far shorter than the original.)
  • High School Musical
  • Puffs! (Note: there's a version for younger audiences and a version for older ones. Make sure you know which one you're seeing.)

Day 9: Plant Something

People who grow plants are involved in their entire life cycles. For kids, this kindness activity may be the first time they've ever done something like it and they learn how everything needs love and attention.

Try to choose a hardy plant (e.g. succulents), particularly for younger or more forgetful kids. Make the plant their full responsibility, supervising only as necessary.

If the plant dies? This is a time for a growth mindset, not shame. Even the best gardeners' plants die from time to time. Talk about what may have gone wrong (and whether or not it was in the child's control) and try again with a new plant.

Day 10: Create a Compliment Board

Truly effective kindness activities for kids will challenge children to dig deep and really think about what they appreciate about others. A compliment board can be a great avenue for generating kind thinking patterns.

Create a spot in your house or classroom where children can put notes saying something positive about, or giving thanks to, someone else. If you're in a classroom, you could use envelopes for individual students.

Leave this up for the rest of the month or longer if you like.

These notes should be sincere and never forced; they should be written when someone wants to say something kind.

Try to keep it from becoming a competition. Perhaps make the notes anonymous or decide ahead of time who will receive compliments from the rest of the group that day or week.

Note to teachers: Is there someone who'll never get these notes? Get to the root of the issue and make sure it's fixed before starting this activity.

Don't forget to download our FREE 21-Day Family Gratitude Challenge and make this challenge a part of your family's routine!

Day 11: Create Growth Mindset Rocks

Growth mindset rocks are stones kids paint and write messages on. The message could be something as simple as "You rock!" or something more profound.

Place the painted rocks in a public location (with permission) or your yard with a sign telling people they can take one.

Day 12: Play a Cooperative Game

What better activity for teaching kids kindness than a good old-fashioned game?

A cooperative game is a game or puzzle where you must work as a team. Winning only happens through active listening and group decision-making. Some of these games are:

  • For younger kids: Outfoxed!, Friends and Neighbors: The Helping Game, Gnomes at Night
  • For older kids: Mysterium, Forbidden Island

Day 13: Read a Book Focusing on Kindness

There are books about kindness for every age group and they don't have to be totally on the nose to be effective. Find books kids can relate to and be prepared to discuss kindness using the book.

Some books may take longer to read. Treat these like you're in a book club and space the reading out over the month.

You can find the theme of kindness in a variety of books, including:

  • For young kids: The Rabbit Listened, Last Stop on Market Street, The World Needs More Purple People
  • For tweens or teens: To Kill a Mockingbird, Wonder, A Wrinkle in Time

Day 14: Talk About Differences

One of the most effective kindness activities for kids is discussing diversity and more importantly inclusivity in an open and honest manner. While you should focus on similarities, it's essential to acknowledge differences exist.

Explain what you can. If a question stumps you, research it in real-time. Admitting you don't know everything models a growth mindset.

Discuss what we should do or say if we notice someone different than us and give kids the opportunity to ask you questions in a safe space or do their own research.

Day 15: Discuss Misguided Kindness

Sometimes an act of kindness may not be as kind as we think.

For instance, someone may assume a person with a visible disability needs help. Author Rebekah Taussig discusses this topic in an article for Time. You could summarize the article for younger kids and have older ones read it themselves.

Other acts of "misguided kindness" can be based on assumptions about race. For example, complimenting someone's English or touching someone's hair to say how much you like it can be unkind.

Even giving someone a hug they don't want can be an act of misguided kindness as it invades their personal space.

Day 16: It's Science Time!

While kindness is about being selfless, there is a selfish aspect to it: When you do something kind, you feel good. This is because your brain releases the "happy chemicals" of serotonin, oxytocin, and dopamine.

On this day, focus on teaching your children or students about how the brain works. We have a lesson plan on neuroplasticity to get you started.

Day 17: Learn About Bullying

For something to be classified as bullying, it must be repeated, intentional, and have a power imbalance of some kind.

Kids should learn the signs of bullying, when and how to intervene, and the causes of bullying behavior.

Learning about the root causes of bullying behavior can help kids choose the kindest routes. Knowing and understanding people, who exhibit these behaviors, are most likely in pain may help stop negative reactions and, instead, find productive ways to use that energy.

Day 18: Watch a Movie About Overcoming Obstacles

Inspiring kids movies like Inside Out, Finding Nemo, and even The Karate Kid show characters overcoming obstacles and often those obstacles include unkind people or the desire to be unkind.

After watching your chosen film together, talk about the kindness (and lack thereof) shown in the film. Let the kids guide the conversation.

Day 19: Hang Out With Friends

There are few better times for kids to practice kindness than when they have to make decisions about activities and solve problems as a team.

If you're a teacher, this could be letting the kids run around outside for a while or giving free play time—teenagers even secretly love being allowed to play! If you're a parent, arrange a playdate or sleepover for your child and a friend or two.

Day 20: Understand What You Can and Cannot Control 

Have an open discussion about times you were unkind because of what was happening around you and talk about what you could have done differently. Discuss the importance of acting on what’s in your control and accepting what is not.

Day 21: Play a Competitive Game

Find a competitive board game, card game, or video game your whole family enjoys and play it together. Before starting, discuss how to be a good winner—as well as a good "loser".

Don't let your kid win, at least not every time. Instead, allow them to navigate the waters of both winning and losing at a game.

Day 22: Attend a Cultural Event

Attend a public event organized by people of a different background than your child or family.

This doesn't necessarily have to be an education-focused event—you can attend a parade, a festival, etc. But, if there is an educational booth available, visiting it can improve this kindness activity for your kids.

Striving to understand people who are different from oneself is an important step toward kindness as it goes deeper than "tolerance" and "acceptance."

Day 23: Find a Pen Pal

There are a ton of ways to find pen pals for your kids.

Meeting a new person, without the immediacy of conversation or texting, gives kids time to think about what they want to say before saying it, which can help them internalize this skill.

Day 24: Love Yourself

Talk to your kids about why loving yourself is important.

After all, it is much easier to be kind to others when you are kind to yourself. You can discuss the science of this with older children and teens or keep it to the basics with younger ones.

Day 25: Practice Mindfulness

Mindfulness helps you reconnect with yourself in a meaningful way. In addition, this activity helps kids with kindness because feeling overwhelmed or disconnected can make you lose focus on what matters.

This activity looks different for every person, so you should investigate different mindfulness resources to decide what works best for your children.

Day 26: Know When to Stand Up for Yourself

This next exercise aims to help kids understand when kindness must be overruled for safety.

There are times when being kind is unsafe and standing up for yourself is more important.

Helping a stranger "look for their dog" in a park? Kind, but unsafe. Letting someone hug you when you're not comfortable with them doing so? Kind to them, unkind to yourself.

This is the day when kids learn to say "no" and leave a situation where something doesn't feel right. Empowering kids to set boundaries allows them to be kind to themselves.

Day 27: Learn First Aid

You never know when you may need to help someone—or yourself—when injured. Therefore, learning first aid is a great kindness activity for kids.

If possible, arrange for a professional (such as someone from the American Red Cross) to run this lesson.

Day 28: Find Gratitude

When you feel grateful for the world around you, you're more likely to take care of yourself and others. There are a ton of ways to show gratitude for things big and small.

Even something as simple as a gratitude journal can go far. Have your kids write one to three things they are grateful for at the end of each day.

Alternatively, you can create a gratitude jar, where kids write what they’re grateful for on slips of paper to place in the jar. Watch as the jar—and their kindness—fills up!

Day 29: Teach Grit and Resilience

If we're honest, choosing kindness every day is difficult. We don't always want to take the high road—in fact, that low road looks great sometimes.

Grit and resilience are how we push through those times and steer ourselves back to the higher and kinder road.

Day 30: Practice Conflict Resolution

No matter how many kindness activities kids practice, no one is kind all the time. Even when they are, someone else may not reciprocate. These conflicts can be difficult to navigate.

Spend some time going over "I feel" statements, model conflict resolution skills, and then have the children roleplay these new abilities.

Day 31: Reflect

Today, summarize the kids' kindness activities over the past month. Then, work out what your children or students have learned and which types of activities they have preferred.

After wards, keep it going with more acts of kindness, both modeled and practiced, as time goes on.

As a reminder, Big Life Journal encourages you to read, watch, or play anything you plan to engage children in before involving them so you can ensure appropriateness and be prepared to discuss. 

Additionally, we recommend vetting individuals or locations for anything involving other people, e. g., pen-pals, store workers, and volunteer positions. We cannot be responsible for any challenges arising from interactions with people involved in these suggestions.


Looking for additional resources to support your child's growth mindset journey? Check out our popular Sibling Kit PDF (ages 5-12)! This printable kit is designed to help your children build a strong bond, mutual trust, and deep connection they will be able to count on for the rest of their lives.

Your children learn how to work through the conflicts, manage their BIG feelings, choose respectful behavior, and build long-lasting mutual trust. And YOU will have a happier and more peaceful home.


Kindness Activities for Every Positive Classroom – Proud to be Primary

 Try these six kindness activities for the classroom, including setting goals, random acts of kindness challenge, children’s book ideas, and lesson suggestions.

Kindness Activities to Build a Kind K-2 Classroom

Kindness matters, and it can turn a child’s whole day around. When you have kind children, the day is brighter and more productive. How can we as teachers improve our kids’ behavior and attitudes towards each other and create a pleasant learning environment through teaching kindness?

These six kindness activities for the classroom are easy to implement. I know you and your classroom students are going to love them.

Why Include Kindness Activities?

Kindness activities are just as important as teaching Math, Reading, and other subjects. Kids learn from a multitude of methods on how to behave and how to retain book information. The most important way to teach anything in the classroom is almost always direct instruction.

Unfortunately, some students aren’t seeing kindness in their homes and haven’t been taught by example. So anytime you can take a moment to teach children how to treat others with kindness, you should seize the opportunity. In doing so, you’ll see an improvement in the classroom climate, student behavior, and in your morale.

6 Strategies for Teaching Kindness

1. Brainstorm Kindness Ideas as a Class

Anytime you are introducing a new concept, try to provide a basic understanding of it at the beginning. Some children may not have experience giving or receiving acts of kindness, and you will want them to feel they can quickly meet expectations. They may need you to provide clear examples of what kindness in the classroom looks like. One way is to activate prior knowledge by brainstorming ideas as a class.

Whole Group Brainstorming: Ask an open-ended question such as “What was something kind you saw someone do lately – big or small?” and jot down the responses on the whiteboard or chart paper. Two categories: Big Things and Small Things, so that the children can see that it doesn’t always have to be something big, but that small things count just as much!

Independent Acknowledgement: Pass a notecard out to each child and have them write down something nice done for them lately and how it made them feel. Collect them, and read them aloud for everyone to hear and understand how kindness makes the heart happy.

Bucket filling is a system that encourages students to act independently to fill each other’s invisible buckets by doing kind acts.

2. Random Acts of Kindness

One of the simplest things to encourage students to do is to find opportunities to show each other kindness in random, unexpected ways.

“Complimentary” Notes: Provide sticky notes in a noticeable spot in the classroom for students to take at any time (they’re “complimentary”!). Students can use them to write a compliment or SMILE-a-GRAM to another student and stick it anonymously on someone’s desk when they’re not looking.

Thank-you Notes: Have children think of people who have done something nice for them lately. Let them pick whom they want to say “Thank you.” It could be the lady who serves them lunch at the cafeteria, the bus driver who takes them to school every day, or the older sibling who helped them with their Math homework. Give them an opportunity in class, just a few minutes a week, to write a thank-you note for someone. Encourage students by reminding them that the person they thank will be delighted at the unexpected kindness shown.

3. Acts of Kindness Challenge

Challenge students in the class to meet a goal to do kind things for others regularly. A challenge can motivate and excite kids into completing a task and create a positive habit. In this case, the task would be to recognize when others do something nice for them unexpectedly or to surprise others with random acts of kindness.

Give them goals: You could give them a goal to meet, perhaps 5 acts per week, and a checklist or calendar to help them keep track. When they’ve completed the list or calendar of acts of kindness, they could add a star to a classroom chart or a shape cutout to a classroom bulletin board dedicated to the challenge. The things your kids do randomly for each other might be to sharpen a friend’s dull pencils, take a classmate’s trash for them at lunchtime, or send an anonymous note of encouragement to a peer who needs it.

The Compliment Experiment: Make a point to compliment each child during the day without the other children noticing. At the end of the day, tell the students that you held an experiment all day, that you complimented each child during the day, to see if their attitudes improved throughout the day. Tell them you noticed a change in the classroom atmosphere for the better and that showing kindness could do that. Encourage them to show kindness to others throughout the day themselves and see what a difference THEY can make.

4. Read Books About Kindness

Literature units are a fun way to introduce and expand on topics in a meaningful way. Use a favorite book to teach your students about kindness, such as these. Add them to your list of kindness activities!

The Kindness Quilt: One of my favorite books for K-2 that teaches kindness is The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. In this delightful book, the main character, Minna, is assigned to report on an act of kindness that she does. She can’t decide what to write on, so she ends up making a quilt with many kind acts represented, along with the help of her friends, classmates, and eventually the whole school.

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: “This heartwarming book encourages positive behavior by using the concept of an invisible bucket to show children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love by “filling buckets.”

Sharing examples and stories with kids is an excellent way to encourage kindness. Any of these titles would make beautiful additions to your classroom bookshelf!

Check out my list of kindness picture books on Amazon.

5. Kindness Lessons

Lessons about kindness don’t have to take long. A short mini-lesson or discussion during your SEL morning meeting may be all you need. Or, a classroom meeting may be the perfect time to address or introduce what kindness means. If you feel a longer lesson is necessary, here are some ideas for you to check out.

  • Inspirational Words: Write this quote from the Dalai Lama on a thinking map: “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Ask students what the quote means, and jot down their interpretations and extensions of the meaning. Give students a writing assignment to describe how we can be kind always. Teach them kindness quotes and have them color them in and display in the classroom.
  • Literature-based lessons: Use The Kindness Quilt to teach a lesson on working together to promote kindness, and create a classroom kindness quilt of your own. Or, use the book The Cool Bean to teach a lesson about how being cool means being kind.
  • Kindness Role Playing: Children need practice being kind, especially if these examples are not evident in their lives. Give them simple scenarios they can act out or play a kindness game using Kindness Cards.
  • Make it an occasion worth celebrating: Make a point yearly to celebrate “National Kindness Day” (February 17th). Here is a plan to encourage acts of kindness for kids.
  • For more information and resources, check out the educator resources page at randomactsofkindness.org. There are tons of resources there for each child in your room.

6. Positive Reinforcement with Kindness Notes & Rewards

A well-timed word of praise or a cheerful award can be all it takes to reinforce good behavior. Here are several ideas for ways to positively reward acts of kindness in your classroom.

  • Try some of these ideas for when you catch your students in the act of showing kindness to their classmates. Praise and kindness go a long way, as do simple things like coupons, a marble jar, certificates, and brag tags. Read more about these creative and cost-effective rewards.
  • Give your students something they can give too! These kindness cards are the perfect way for students to announce their pride in themselves for doing good, and to spread the word and motivate others to do the same.

FREE Random Acts of Kindness List of Ideas

Download a free copy of RAOK ideas to promote kindness in your classroom. Print and post your copy as a helpful visual for kids!

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FREE Kindness Calendar Poster Kit

Encourage students to complete acts all month long with this FREE Kindness Calendar Poster kit.

This kit gives you over a month of ideas ready for you and all the materials to put together a reusable calendar. Create a kindness challenge together!

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Kindness Classroom Resources

Kindness Lessons & Activities Unit for K-2

Are you looking for detailed lesson plans filled with activities and discussion ideas to help you teach kindness? This Kindness SEL curriculum is teacher-tested and includes five detailed lessons filled with hands-on and mindful activities that teach children about kindness, have them complete a kindness challenge with random acts of kindness, and ways to be a bucket filler.

Through various thought-provoking lessons, discussions, community-building ideas, and engaging activities, children will learn…

  • What is Kindness? This lesson teaches kids to understand what kindness is and describe what it means to be a kind kid.
  • How to Be Kind to Others: This lesson teaches children to describe and demonstrate ways of being kind to others. They will make efforts to show kindness to others each day.
  • Generosity & Giving: This lesson teaches children to describe what generosity and giving means and demonstrate ways of being generous.
  • To perform acts during a Kindness Challenge: This lesson teaches children to understand what random acts of kindness are and perform as many acts as they can during a kindness challenge.
  • Bucket Filler System: This lesson teaches children to understand the bucket filling system and make an effort to be a bucket filler who helps fill other people’s buckets.
Kindness K-2 Curriculum Unit by Proud to be Primary

Create meaningful learning opportunities with these additional kindness resources!

Kindness Book Companions

Kindness Classroom Challenge Pack

Digital Kindness Unit for K-2

Kindness Unit for Grades 3-5

Social Emotional Learning Curriculum

Teach children in K-2 essential life lessons when they need it the most with units and activities on emotions, self-regulation, growth mindset, empathy, social awareness, friendship, kindness, respect, and responsibility. Click here to learn more!

Promoting kindness in the classroom is a win-win situation for you and your students, especially with these kindness activities. Everyone will enjoy giving and receiving acts of kindness, and as a teacher, you’ll smile at the uplifting attitudes of your students as they do.

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How was the Day of Good Deeds in the kindergarten "Nightingale"

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"Teach your heart to do good"

On September 6, the Day of Good Deeds is celebrated in the Rostov Region. Kindness is an international language that people all over the world understand the same way. Kindness is by no means a weakness, but a human quality that changes the world for the better. For the first time such a socially significant holiday was held five years ago. This event was highly appreciated by the residents of the region and a lot of warm, positive feedback, and the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev, decided that the holiday would become a tradition on the Don land. nine0003

In MBDOU Kindergarten No. 7 "Nightingale" on this day, social projects, actions, events are held annually in which pupils, teachers and parents take an active part. And this year was no exception. Opening the piggy bank of Good Deeds, the teachers held thematic classes: “The Science of Good Deeds”, conversations with children on the topics: “What is kindness?”, “Good deeds”, “Our smaller brothers”, “Teach your heart to be kind”, etc. ., read stories, looked at plot pictures, played games where the guys could evaluate their actions and the actions of their peers. Pupils of senior preschool age took part in the "Marathon of Good Deeds" - the actions "Clean Yard", "Courtesy Festival", "Let's Help Adults". Prepared drawings, postcards and posters: "Good wishes", which are within the framework of the social project "We are near, we are in place!" pleased the elderly residents of MBU CSO. nine0003


The Day of Good Deeds at the Nightingale was started brightly and cheerfully by the music directors with a flash mob: “Kind song”, the pupils danced and had fun charging everyone around with positive and kindness. Children of senior preschool age took part in the action: “My heart is open for good deeds”, shared bits of kindness with teachers and parents, made compliments and noticed the most important positive qualities of adults.


Children from the preparatory group, together with a teacher-psychologist, went on a journey through the country of "Good deeds", where at each station they were waiting for intellectual games in the form of quizzes, riddles, proverbs and sayings about kindness and friendship, watched the video "About good", cartoon "Gift" and at the end of the event, each child made a "Magic book of good deeds" with his own hands, which, for each good deed, will be replenished with encouraging stickers.


— Good deeds flow into the common stream every day, bring happiness and hope to those in need, fill hearts with joy, even just a kind smile to a stranger can already work wonders! Many good deeds await our children ahead, but first we need to grow up to be real people, kind, courageous, sympathetic, polite. And this must be learned from childhood!

Do good deeds and they will certainly come back to you!!!

Teacher psychologist O. A. Matyukhina

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Project Our good deeds

Project "Our good deeds"

Project passport Type of project: information-creative Content: child, inner circle. By the nature of coordination: open By the number of participants: group Participants of the project: children and parents of the 2nd junior group, educators. By duration: short-term (October)

Relevance

Children are our future and it will be what we make it. Issues of moral development and education of a person have always and at all times worried society: especially now, when cruelty and violence can be encountered more and more often. The problems of moral education are becoming more and more urgent. One of the most important conditions for the successful development of moral feelings in a child is the creation by adults of a healthy, benevolent, cheerful environment around him. The trust of adults, their constant care, support contribute to the positive emotional development of the child: he willingly and easily communicates with his peers, shares his joys and sorrows with adults. Working on solving this problem, the method of projects is really relevant and very effective. It gives the child the opportunity to experiment, synthesize the acquired knowledge, develop communication skills, this will allow him to successfully correct knowledge and attitude to the world around him. There is an underestimation of the importance of labor education, an underestimation of the importance of forming an emotionally positive attitude towards work from the early preschool age, the moral significance of a child's work as a manifestation of his concern for family members. nine0003

Purpose of the project:

Formation of moral feelings in children; love, feelings of respect and gratitude to people.

Tasks:

To create game situations that contribute to the formation of kindness, attentive, caring attitude towards others;

To form in children a positive attitude towards each other, the ability to share with a friend, the experience of correctly assessing good and bad deeds;

To consolidate the concept of "kindness", "kind"; nine0003

Learn to live together, help each other, use toys and books together;

Develop visual-figurative thinking: form ideas about the consequences of an action;

To develop in children sensitivity, responsiveness, attention;

Improve labor skills in caring for animals and plants;

To cultivate the desire to do good deeds towards all living things;

To instill love for nature and the environment; nine0003

To develop in children a sense of rhythm, motor skills, speech;

Teach children to answer questions in full sentences;

Clarify children's knowledge about the services that organize the life of children in preschool;

To cultivate respect for the work of adults, gratitude for their work, the desire to do something nice for them.

Summary of the project

Stage 1 – preparatory. Setting goals and objectives, developing an educational process. nine0003

2 Stage - active.

Interaction with children: 1. Conversation with children “How and how to please loved ones”

2. Work in the corner of nature “Flowers on the windowsill” Appendix No. 1 [1]

Household work in the toy corner “How the inhabitants of the Land of Dirty wanted to take away the toys” Appendix No. 2 [2]

4. Examination of pictures on the topic "Adult work", "Professions", "Helpers".

Creation of game situations: “Why is Baba Yaga evil? How to help her? Appendix No. 3 [3]

Simulation of a problem (game) situation: "Carlson, who does not know polite words" Appendix No. 4 [4]


creativity” (hand drawing): “Two merry geese” Appendix No. 5 [6]


9. GCD “Knowledge”: “Kryusha and Karkusha visiting the guys” Appendix No. 6 [7]


10. GCD “Knowledge”: “The more kindness in the world, the happier you and I !" Appendix No. 7 [8]

3 Stage - Final


Final event: “Our good deeds” Appendix No. 8 [10]

Interaction with parents:

9000 666666 Organization of Good Deeds Day:

“Heal the booklet” campaign (repairing books at home together with children)

Use “polite” words in raising children (development of a memo).

Participation in the photo exhibition "Good Deeds"

Reading fiction to children:

"Song of Friends" S. Mikhalkov

"Masha the Confused" L. Voronkov

"Dirty Girl" A. Barto, P.03 900

"What is good and what is bad?" V. Mayakovsky.

"Zhadina" E.Moshkovskaya

Development of Memo:

“The role of labor in raising your child”

“Formation of children interest in work”

“Learn children of frugality”

Consultation: “Moral education of children in the family”

Expected result:

There will be respect for the work of adults, gratitude for their work, a desire to do something pleasant for them;

Raising the level of moral culture of pupils and parents; nine0003

Education in children of a humane attitude towards the whole living and objective world.

Mastering labor skills in the course of joint practical, play activities with a teacher;

Replenishment of the methodological base of the preschool educational institution in the section "Socialization", "Labor".

References:

Volchkova V.N., Stepanova N.V. Abstracts of classes in the second junior group of kindergarten Voronezh: TC "Teacher" 2004.

Kiseleva L.S., Danilina T.A. Project method in the activities of a preschool institution. M.: ARKTI, 2006.

Ostrovskaya L.F. "Are we raising a baby correctly?", A manual for a kindergarten teacher, M., 1979.

Petrova V.I., Stulnik T.D. Moral education in kindergarten. M.: Mosaic-Synthesis, 2008.

MADOU “Kindergarten No. 89 of a combined type”

Project

“Our good deeds”

for children 2 younger groups

9000 prepared: prepared: prepared: prepared:

Oksina V.I.

Saransk

Appendix No. 1

Labor in the corner of the “Flowers on the windowsill”

Purpose: to fix the knowledge of children about indoor plants, to introduce 2- 3 indoor plants, develop the desire to care for plants, treat them with love and tenderness.

Materials and equipment: equipment for working in the corner of nature. nine0003

Course of educational activities:

The teacher says that flowers that grow in a group, plants

that live indoors, in a kindergarten or at home, are called indoor plants.

The teacher introduces the children to the "light", "violet" and coleus.

Plants have leaves. They're green. They have roots, they keep their roots in the ground.

They “drink” water through the roots.

Educator: Guys, go to the plant that you really liked. nine0003

Children come up and choose plants.

Educator: Ask your plant in a whisper so that only it can hear: "What do we need to make flowers feel good in our group?"

This is what the flowers say: in order for them to live well with us, they need to be looked after and taken care of every day.

- Guys, do you know how to take care of our flowers?

Children's answers:

That's right, water them, loosen the ground, wipe the dust, remove dry leaves.

The educator lays out a diagram without which plants cannot live. The game "What plants need for growth"

Children choose the necessary cards.

Educator: That's right, guys, we water the flowers with a watering can, without the heat of the sun and light, the plants do not grow.

Plants need air and they definitely need our care, tenderness and love. nine0003

The teacher shows how to loot the ground, remove dry leaves,

Appendix No. 2

household labor in the corner of toys

“How the residents of the country were mud in the toy”

Purpose: Creation a game situation for household work in the toy corner, the formation of labor skills in children, instilling love for toys, the formation of the correct handling of them. nine0003

The teacher with the children found that toys were missing in the group, and on the shelf

for toys there is a sheet with a black blot.

The teacher makes an assumption: Guys, look carefully, your toys were stolen by the inhabitants of the country Dirty. Do you know why? Because you guys haven't washed them for a long time. What do we do?

Suddenly a noise is heard, "inhabitants of the country of Dirty Zero" appear.

They talk about how they like dirty toys. Residents learned that at

the kindergarten has such toys because they are not washed,

are thrown on the floor, they do not like them, there are unkempt dolls in the group. Therefore, they want to keep them.

The teacher suggests that the children turn to the inhabitants of the country Dirty and

return toys to them, because the children will be bored without toys in the kindergarten

.

Children appeal to the inhabitants of the country Dirty, promise to love toys,

take care of them. nine0003

Residents of the Dirty Country are returning toys.

Children work in the toy corner: wipe shelves, wash toys.

Appendix No. 3

Creating a game situation: “Why is Baba Yaga evil? How can I help her?"

Purpose: To evoke an emotional mood in children, to cultivate good feelings, to consolidate the ability to care for flowers.

The teacher draws attention to the fact that a flower has disappeared from the group.

Educator: Guys, it turns out that Baba Yaga visited our group and took away our flower, but she doesn’t know how to take care of him, so the flower may die.

We need to go to Baba Yaga and ask her for a flower back (back).

- Guys, do you know where Baba Yaga lives?

Children: In the fairy forest.

The teacher says that she knows magic words with the help of which

they will enter the fairy forest. Children sit in a circle.

The teacher pronounces the words.

The teacher draws attention to the hut of Baba Yaga.

Educator: Hello, Baba Yaga!

Baba Yaga:

Why did you come to me? Who did you bring with you?

- Are these guys kittens?

Children: No!

Baba Yaga: Are these puppies?

Children: No!

The teacher tells why they came. nine0003

Baba Yaga: No, I won't give you a flower, I'll catch everyone, I'll catch up... (children run away)

-Everyone fled somewhere. (Baba Yaga cries with annoyance) How unhappy I am, no one loves me

, no one is friends with me. Everyone teases and fears me.

Educator: You yourself are to blame! Guys, tell Baba Yaga why no one respects her.

Children sing a nursery rhyme about Baba Yaga.

Baba Yaga cries:

"What should I do?"

Baba Yaga, you need to change your behavior! nine0003

Educator: Guys, what should Baba Yaga be like so that everyone loves her?

Children: Kind, honest, cheerful, caring!

Baba Yaga: Well, I will definitely become like that. Good-pretty! I'm so glad to see you!

Why did you come to me?

Educator: Please return the flower that you took without asking in the kindergarten from the guys.

Baba Yaga: I don’t know, I don’t know what kind of flower you are looking for. I didn't take it, I didn't take it. nine0003

Educator: You promised to be honest.

Baba Yaga: Am I a liar?

Educator: Of course, you are not telling the truth.

Baba Yaga: Excuse me, forgive me. That I deceived you. What is the name of your flower?

(Children answer)

Baba Yaga: I like your flower, let it stay with me. I will admire him.

Educator: You don't know how to take care of him.

Baba Yaga: Do you really need to take care of him? nine0003

Children: Yes!

Baba Yaga: But I don’t know how, I don’t know how to do it, right?

Educator: Guys, let's teach Baba Yaga.

Baba Yaga: I'm so interested to see how flowers should be taken care of.

There are two flowers on the table. Two willing children loosen the earth.

Baba Yaga: What are you doing? And what is it for?

Children are watering their flowers.

Baba Yaga: Yes, I probably can't handle it. Whether it's these (points to a clearing - they themselves grow, bloom, and the rain waters.

You really love your flower.

Okay, take it, but sing a goodbye song to me.

Children sing a song, say goodbye and leave.

Appendix No. 4

Modeling the problem (game) situation “Carlson, who does not know polite words”

Purpose: to educate children culture, friendly attitude to people around them, develop thinking, memory , Attention. nine0003

The course of the game situation.

Educator: Guys, what is that buzzing behind the door?

Carlson is waiting outside the door.

- Carlson, it's good that you returned to us.

Fly a little for the guys.

Carlson: No, I don't want to!

Educator: And don’t you want to see the new toys from the guys?

Carlson: No, I don't want to!

Educator: Carlson, what happened? Why are you sad?

Carlson says that he does not know polite words, which is why adults do not

is always allowed to be friends with babies, whom he loves very much.

Educator: People need all the words! Among them, for us there are those that are important every day and hour!

Children tell poems:

1. My best friend Kirill

gave me his drawing

I look into his eyes

And say thank you.

2. "Please" is a polite word

We are always ready to help. nine0003

It is difficult to refuse a request

Those who could say it.

Appendix No. 5

NOD “Artistic Creativity”

(palm drawing): “Two funny goose”

Purpose: To introduce children to printing technique with a palm. Learn to complement the image with details using a brush. Develop the ability to empathize.

Handout:

Wide bowls with white and gray gouache diluted with water, gouache, brush, green colored paper, drawing paper.

The course of educational activities:

The teacher sings the first purchases of the songs about the goose:

lived with the grandmother

Two funny goose-

One gray,

The other white,

Two funny goose.

Stretched neck,

Longer,

One grey,

Another white,

Who has longer.

Washing geese paws

In a puddle near the groove -

One gray,

Another white,

Hid in the groove.

Here is a grandmother screaming:

-Oh, the geese are gone -

One gray one,

Another white one,

My geese, geese!

Educator: Guys, let's help grandma get her geese back. And how can we do this? That's right, we can draw them.

Appendix No. 6

NOD “Cognition”: “Khryusha and Karkush visiting the guys”

Purpose:

Expand the representations of children about adult labor.

Develop logical thinking, the ability to develop imagination.

Raise respect for kindergarten staff.

Preliminary work:

Excursions to the premises of the kindergarten: to the kitchen, to the laundry, to the office of the head, the nurse. nine0003

The course of educational activities:

The teacher informs the children that Piggy and Karkusha have come to visit them.

- Guys, did you find out who this is? But for some reason they are not funny?

Let me ask you, what happened?

Piggy. We just sat on the shelf, looked at children's games, We want to play games and learn about kindergarten.

Educator.

Khryusha and Karkusha, did you go to kindergarten? nine0003

Piggy. Not!

Educator. Guys, let's invite our guests to our kindergarten!

Children. Piggy and Karkusha, let's go to our kindergarten.

Educator. Guys, tell us what is the name of our kindergarten?

Children. Our kindergarten is called "Rainbow".

Educator. Do you know, Piggy and Karkusha, that

adults work in our garden - these are our employees!

- Solve the riddles and you will find out who works in the kindergarten. nine0003

Who greets us with a smile,

Answers all questions,

Reads a children's book,

And braids.

Who will teach you how to draw,

how to dance, count, play?

-Answer soon friend, everything is able to ... teacher.

- What are the names of the teachers? What are they doing?

Children's answers: Elena Pavlovna and Nina Borisovna; learn to dress, wash hands,

learn to play, do exercises, etc.

Educator. Listen carefully to whom the next riddle is about.

Dinner in the kindergarten,

But after all, mother is not around,

Who sets the table for us?

And straightens the beds?

And braids?

Will he even wipe his nose?

Children. Nanny.

Educator. What is the name of the assistant teacher? nine0003

Answers from children. Her name is Irina Konstantinovna, she sets the table, washes the floor, dusts

, etc.

Educator. Well done guys, but guess one more riddle:

-Do, re, mi, fa, salt, la, si!

You can ask anyone.

Who sings songs to us

Puts us all in a round dance.

Who will play music for us

All our people amuse! nine0003

Answers from children. Musical director.

Educator. What is the name of our musical director? What does music teach you?

leader?

Children. Larisa Nikolaevna. She teaches us to sing, dance, listen to music, etc.

4. Tell me, who cooks cabbage soup so tasty?

Smelly cutlets, salads, vinaigrettes?

All breakfasts and lunches.

Caretaker. Who is our chef?

What does a cook do?

Children's answers: Anna Gennadievna, Yulia Nikolaevna. they cook porridge, bake buns, cook soup.

5. I’ve been treating children since morning,

today I…

Children: nurse

Educator. What is the name of our nurse. What does she do?

Children. Lyubov Sergeevna (Natalya Alexandrovna). She gives pills, vitamins,

measures weight, height, vaccinates, etc.

6. Cheerful, nice, well, who is the most important here?

Who sits in the office, who manages everyone?

Educator. What is the manager's name? What do you know about the manager, about her work?

Children's answers: Our manager's name is Natalya Alexandrovna. She makes sure that the

kindergarten has beautiful furniture, toys, so that we all feel very good. nine0003

Caretaker. And why do you always have clean towels and beds?

Poem.

White napkin

Clean sheet.

Shines white

Apron and kerchief.

We lie down in bed clean.

They are erased by quick hands.

Thank you very much!

Educator. To whom will we say thank you? (laundry worker) What is she doing? nine0003

(Rumia Yasoviyevna washes our beds, towels, irons clothes)

Educator. Who keeps the territory clean?

Children. Street cleaner.

Educator. What's his name? How do we help him?

Children. Uncle Vanya, Ivan Ivanovich. We clear the paths from snow, sweep, collect leaves, do not litter.

Educator. Piggy and Karkusha learned a lot about our kindergarten and about those who work in it. nine0003

And now, guys, we will invite our friends to play.

Children stand in a circle. Khryusha on a chair in the center of the circle, and Karkush in the hands of

children, they pass it with the words:

Run, run carkush

Quickly, quickly, in a round dance

who in the hands of Karkush

that movement call!

(clap, stomp, squat.)

Educator. Children, do you love our kindergarten? nine0003

Do you like those who work in it? Want to do something nice for them?

-Now let's go to the tables and make gifts for them: napkins.

Children do work with seals. A butterfly is imprinted in the center, and flowers along

edges.

Educator.

We take a signet, carefully dip it into the paint and press it firmly against the napkin. (music plays)

What beautiful napkins.

Piggy and Karkusha thank the children and say that they liked everything.

Kindergarten is your second home, here you spend time from morning to evening. May

be very good, fun and happy here.

Poem.

The sun has disappeared behind the houses

We are leaving the kindergarten.

I tell my mother about myself and about the guys.

How we sang songs in chorus and played leapfrog.

What we drank, what we ate.

What they read in kindergarten.

I'm being honest.

And everything in detail.

I know my mother is interested.

To know how we live!

L. Ladonshchikova

Appendix No. 7

Educational activities: “The more kindness in the world, the happier I and you!” nine0067

Purpose:

Continue introducing children to wintering birds.

Expand children's ideas about birds.

Expand the vocabulary of words.

Cultivate good relations with our little brothers.

The course of educational activities:

Educator:

-Building, Listen to a riddle:

Patients, decorated the windows

Joy presented to children,

And took a ride on a sled.

Educator. Who is this?

Children answer: Winter.

Educator. What did winter bring with it?

Children's answers: frost, strong wind, snow, cold

The game "Oh, snowball, oh, snowball is spreading on the path."

Poems about birds:

A gray sparrow jumps along the paths and paths.

What is he looking for? Looking for crumbs for himself and for children. nine0003

Red-breasted, red-winged

Likes to peck grains.

With the first snow on the mountain ash

He will appear again.

Snowball flutters,

,

is spinning on Bel

Street and puddles

turned into crystal glass

where finally was finally,

See

,

as pink apples,

on the branches of the snowballs.

Bird riddles:

White cheeks, blue breast

Pointy beak, small.

Little boy in a gray coat.

Sneaking around the yard picking up crumbs.

Children find clues (birds) on a branch.

Poem.

Titmouse wants grains,

But is afraid to sit in the feeder.

"Be bold, don't be shy!" - chirped the sparrow.

Caretaker. Under the snow it is difficult to find food for birds. And it won't take long for a hungry person to freeze.

Birds are reaching closer to our house. They rely on our kindness.

-But birds, how cold it is in the air.

Shall we help the defenseless such?

Children: Yes

Educator. How do people help birds in winter?

Children's answers: they hang feeders, put bread crumbs, lard, seeds.

Educator. We made a feeder, we opened a canteen. nine0003

Sparrow, bullfinch, titmouse are not afraid of the cold - if there is always food!

A p/game "Sparrows and a car" is being held.

Appendix No. 8

The final event on the project “Our good deeds”

Purpose: to develop a good attitude to the whole world around the world.

Develop the ability to talk about your impressions. nine0003

Teach children to analyze their actions and the actions of their friends.

Activate the desire to do noble deeds,

enjoy the result.

Materials used:

To create a game situation: blocks, doll without hair (shaggy),

pieces of paper; blanks: a heart made of colored cardboard, paper flowers for

decorating hearts (medallions).

Education progress:

Caregiver.

-Where are my children? Here they are. Show me your eyes. Now show me

your mood. How will you do it? That's right, smile.

Now, share your mood with everyone.

And now, let's show how we can say hello.

Finger game

Hello golden sun

Hello blue sky

Hello free breeze

Hello little oak.

We live in our native land

I greet you all!

Educator. Guys, you have now shared a good mood,

greeted the guests. What do you think, is this a good deed?

Educator. And what kind of good deeds do you know and are able to do?

Answers of children: clean up toys, help mother, water flowers,

share toys. nine0003

-Yes, guys, good deeds bring joy, cheer up,

take you away from trouble.

Educator. Guys, do you know what bad deeds are?

Answers of children: quarrel, be greedy, fight not give toys, etc.

Educator. Yes, bad deeds are those that bring harm,

upset, can hurt someone.

Say the opposite game.

Push - hug.

Hit-caress.

To litter - to clean up.

To break - to fix.

Be rude - thank you.

To remain silent at a meeting - to say hello.

Throw a stone at the birds - feed the birds.

Educator. And now, kids, let's see who among us can guess without

clues what good deeds in our group can be done?

(In the group, a special environment is created in advance with different

situations. It will be necessary to collect cubes, remove pieces of paper,

comb the doll and. etc.)

Educator. Let's go through the group together and see what we

can do.

(Children do the work).

Educator. Guys, today you not only told, but also

showed that you can do good deeds.

Poem. "Kindness".

Busy in the house with good deeds,

Kindness walks around the apartment.


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