Inside: Use these kindness Role Playing Cards with kids to practice how to be kind towards others every day.
While there is no one way to be kind, there are many ways to be unkind.
Role Playing gives children a safe space to practice new skills they’re learning that may otherwise feel overwhelming if they were not given time to practice.
So families and classrooms can use these Kindness Role Playing to intentionally practice different ways to be kind to set our kids up for more kindness “success.”
Kindness Activities for Social Emotional Learning
We could teach kindness as an isolated moment, but that’s not the reality. The real power of kindness is we can be kind every day, every month in our simple normal everyday interactions with others.
We can use kindness resources like these:
Kindness Coloring Pages
Kindness Bookmarks
Kindness Notecards
Kindness Tic Tac Toe Game
Monthly Kindness Challenge
Four Seasons Kindness Ultimate Bundle
We can read these Kindness books:
And we can intentionally practice being kind in different ways with these Kindness Role Playing Cards.
How to Use these Kindness Role Playing Cards
1. Print out the Kindness Role Playing Cards on cardstock and cut them apart (download them below).
2. Tell the kids you are going to practice acting out ways to be kind (sharing, turn-taking, giving compliments, using “manner words”).
3. Read a scenario on the card such as: “When someone does something hard.” The idea on the card is to say, “Congrats! You did such a great job!” Brainstorm other things to say since there’s never just one way to be kind. (ie: You worked really hard on that! You are awesome! Good job!)
4. Invite kids who are interested to practice acting it out. Hand them a pretend Easter card and have them practice saying one of the brainstormed ways to react when they open their card.
5. Practice with other scenarios/role playing cards. Have them practice complimenting friends or act out how to invite others to play. They can brainstorm ways they can be helpful and how they can share or turn take.
6. As kids get more confident, invite other students to act out the scenarios and take on the role of helping others as well as receiving treats or greeting people.
7. You can also brainstorm things to NOT say that would be unkind or unintentionally rude (Ew, I hate this cupcake, forgetting to say thank you if they’re able to, ignoring someone, tearing someone down, etc.) You can act out the unkind actions and have them try it again in a kind way.
Download the free Kindness Role Playing Cards here.
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