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How to Reward Kindness with these Caught Being Kind Cards

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Inside: A simple way to praise and “reward” kindness when you see it is to pass out a ” Caught Being Kind ” Cards.


Heh, you can’t treat her that way. She’s my friend. And you’re my friend. But I won’t let you talk to her that way. It’s not kind.

These are actual words I heard on a school playground, said by my daughter. My 6-year-old daughter.

Holy cow, I threw a party.

I stopped what I was doing and stared at her in awe. Then I praised her for standing up for her friend. For speaking up. For demanding kindness from those around her.

Because it’s one thing to be kind and help a friend carry something, or share school supplies, or give a compliment.

But it’s a whole other level of kindness when our kids stand up to a friend for another friend.

And we need to take notice of those moments and show children we value their moments of kindness…both the big acts of kindness like my daughter standing up to a friend and the small, every day, quiet acts of kindness.

Related: How to Raise Kind Kids 

Because if we want to raise kind kids, or create a classroom full of kind kids, we need to encourage kindness when we see it. And we need to “catch” kids being kind to one another.

Related: How to Foster Kindness in Your Classroom and at School

One simple way we can celebrate kids’ small, everyday, normal acts of kindness is to award them “Caught Being Kind” cards.

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Why do we need to Catch Kids Being Kind:

Caught Being Kind cards are a small token to show our kids we saw their behavior and paused long enough to recognize their kindness. When we pass these out, we show kids that we appreciate and value their acts of kindness.

And when kids are praised and rewarded with positive reinforcement, such as simple paper cards, they will intrinsically want to be kind more often since kids will repeat actions that have positive consequences.

And when kindness is repeated over and over again, children’s kind actions will help them realize that being kind and spreading kindness feels good. It really, truly makes us feel good.

It not only improves the day of the person they were kind to, but also improves their own day. Because it will increase their happiness.

Feeling more happiness and feeling better about themselves will lead kids to be intrinsically motivated to want to be kind more often. And that’s the end goal: teaching and raising kids who want to be kind to the people around them. Who want to make the world a kinder place. And who want to spread their kindness far and wide.

More Ways to “Reward” Kindness: 

Sweet Kindness Rewards 

Use these sweet treat ingredients as a way to reward kindenss and encourage more...it's a delicious positive reinforcement

Pizza Kindness Rewards 

Use this Pizza Kindness to celebrate, reward and encourage more classroom kindness.

Kindness Hole Chart

Encourage Kindness in kids with these caught being kind printables because kindness matters#printables #coffeeandcarpool #encouragekindness #raisingkindkids #kindness #kindnessmatters

Interactive Kindness Bulletin Boards

Use this interactive bulletin board to increase kindness in your classroom and encourage more kids to speak and act with kindness as a habit.

How to Use the Caught Being Kind Cards:

1. Scroll to the bottom and click the “Download here” button to get these Caught Being Kind Cards:

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2. Print out the Caught Being Kind Cards either in color or black and white to save ink.

3. Copy the cards onto white cardstock or colored paper.

Black and White Caught Being Kind Cards #caughtbeingkind #bekind #raisekindkids

4. Cut out the cards and keep them handy.

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5. Be on the lookout for kind kids, kind behaviors, and kind words around you.

6. Praise the kiddos for their kind actions by giving them a Caught Being Kind Card!

7. On the backs of the cards, they can draw or write what they did that was kind.

Draw on the back of the being kind cards #bekind #caughtbeingkind #raisingkindkids

Then they can either keep the cards or you can pin them up to showcase how often they’ve been kind to the people around them.

Write what they did to be kind on the back of the being kind cards to celebrate their kindness. #rewardkindness #bekind #kindinschool

And if you have the Kindness Elves, you can have the elves deliver the cards to the kind kiddo. 

Kindness elves can deliver the caught being kind cards #kindnesselves #caughtbeingkind #raisekindkids

Ready to grab these Caught Being Kind cards for your kids or students and start “catching” them being kind?

Then you can stop, stare at your student or child in awe, and throw a party too.

Download the Caught Being Kind Cards here.

Caught being kind cards are great for helping to reward kindness and celebrate kindness in your home and classroom. #raisekindkids #bekind #caughtbeingkind

 

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Kindness Discussion Starters to use with your kids to talk about how to be kind #raisingkindkids #raisinghelpers #raisekindkids #kindkids #kidswhoarehelpers #beanincluder #goodfriend #discussionstartes #familydinner #familytime #coffeeandcarpool

 

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  1. Jennifer says

    November 7, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
  2. Allison Plummer says

    November 7, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Tried to download your Caught Being Kind Cards & for whatever reason, I clicked on the button at the bottom of the page but it’s not letting me download anything. Can you tell me why?

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      November 8, 2018 at 11:53 am

      I’m sorry you’re not able to download them. I checked the link and it’s working on our end. Maybe try a different window to open it? Please email me at nicole@coffeeandcarpool.com if that doesn’t work and I can get them to you!

      Reply
  3. Leah says

    November 8, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    I’ve tried Several times to download and cannot either, Ive tried a seperate window too.

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      November 8, 2018 at 5:06 pm

      I’m sorry you’re not able to get it. Where are you stuck? Are you able to enter your email address and name? Have you received the confirmation email?

      Reply
  4. Arnalda Cervantes says

    November 9, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    Hello,

    I love your Kindness cards. When I tried downloading them, it sent me to a separate window asking me to subscribe to you email list. I tried multiple times to subscribe but it wouldn’t let me download the cards. Can you send me a separate link?

    Thank you.

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      November 16, 2018 at 9:34 pm

      Hello- I’m sorry you couldn’t get them. Try this link: https://coffeeandcarpool.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=cbd574135511615d144c95e54&id=3d2de384f4 If that doesn’t work, please let me know and I’ll get them to you!

      Reply
  5. Amy says

    November 12, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Would like to get the cards downloaded…would it be possible to have them emailed?
    mrsobregon02@gmail.com

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      November 16, 2018 at 9:27 pm

      If you click the link in the bottom of the article, you pop in your email address and they will get sent to you!

      Reply
  6. Pam Miller says

    February 4, 2019 at 10:44 am

    I would love to have the caught you being kind cards. I have signed up for the list but did not get a confirmation email. I tried to sign up again, thinking it didn’t go through, and I got the message that my email already exists. Could you send the cards via email? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      February 8, 2019 at 1:04 am

      I just emailed them to you!

      Reply
  7. Rebecca says

    October 18, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    I feel like we have done that part already when we first requested the resource. So putting in the email address and information again, is just too much. We already sent you a request.

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      October 19, 2020 at 7:15 am

      Hi Rebecca- the system that I use for my free resources requires you to put an email in each time so it knows who to send it to. If you’d like the free cards, this is the only way to get it. Thank you!

      Reply
  8. Stacia Flake says

    March 29, 2021 at 8:49 am

    I can’t wait to use the caught being kind cards in the classroom. Thank you for the cute resource!

    Reply
    • Nicole Black says

      March 29, 2021 at 2:21 pm

      I’m so glad you’re loving it! You’re so welcome!

      Reply

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