100+ Acts of Kindness You Can Teach Your Kids

Published Nov 21, 2021
There’s a famous saying that goes: train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Indeed, a child’s formative years play a big role in how they behave as adults. At this age, they are like sponges. They absorb everything that adults around them do. The things you teach your child today will stay with them until their later years.
That’s why if you want your kid to grow up to be a kind and warm-hearted person, you need to teach them as early as now.
Here are 100+ acts of kindness you can teach your kids today:
- Let someone get ahead in line.
- Feed stray cats and dogs.
- Hold the door open for someone.
- Make your own bed.
- Donate outgrown clothes.
- Throw your trash in the proper garbage bin.
- Say kind words to everyone.
- Compliment a friend.
- Say hello to people.
- Make someone else’s bed.
- Put change in a vending machine.
- Volunteer in a local charity.
- Return books to the library.
- Clean up toys without being asked.
- Send a postcard to a friend.
- Take care of someone’s pet while they’re away.
- Feed the birds.
- Plant something.
- Don’t waste food.
- Recycle paper after drawing.
- Take out the trash without being asked.
- Return what you borrowed.
- Help elderlies cross the street.
- Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.
- Share a toy with a friend.
- Bring cookies to a sick neighbor.
- Sit next to someone you normally don’t at the lunch table.
- Share your food with a hungry kid.
- Help around the house without being asked to.
- Offer to help an elderly friend or neighbor.
- Bring flowers to your teacher.
- Tell your teacher when someone is being bullied.
- Make a get-well card for someone.
- Make a homemade gift for someone.
- Don’t interrupt when someone else is speaking.
- Visit a sick friend or relative.
- Lend your books to your friends.
- Offer your seat to a pregnant woman or the elderly.
- Water a neighbor’s garden if they are away.
- Check in on an elderly neighbor.
- Donate your savings to charity.
- Write thank-you notes to your parents and teachers.
- Help a classmate who has a hard time with their classwork.
- Clear up a mess you didn’t make.
- Use your pocket money to buy food for your classmate who can’t afford lunch.
- Share your paper and other school supplies with your classmates.
- Donate your old school uniform to a schoolmate in need.
- Offer to play with someone nobody wants to play with.
- Pick up litter from the ground and put it in the trash bin.
- Leave food and water outside for the birds.
- Set up or clear up the dining table without being asked.
- Lend someone your hat and gloves if you’re warm and they’re cold.
- Put your shoes and coat in the right place after school rather than dumping them on the floor.
- Make handwritten thank-you cards for all your birthday or Christmas presents.
- Donate your cut hair to a charity that makes wigs for children with cancer.
- Make sandwiches to take to your local soup kitchen.
- Put grocery carts back.
- Do chores for someone who needs a helping hand.
- Take injured or abandoned animals to the vet or the shelter.
- Make a care package for the homeless.
- Write encouraging notes to kids with terminal illnesses.

- Leave kind comments on social media.
- Take a neighbor’s package or newspaper up to their porch.
- Send a get-well card to a sick family member, friend, or neighbor.
- Donate toys and books to underprivileged kids.
- Leave kindness stones at the park.
- Sell lemonade to raise money for charity.
- Be nice to waiters and other service staff.
- Say “please” and “thank you”.
- Teach younger kids.
- Watch over your younger brothers and sisters if your parents have something important to do.
- Help someone unload groceries at the store.
- Clean your room without being told.
- Say sorry when you’ve done something wrong.
- Share the games equipment you’re playing with, even if you had it first.
- Tell someone a joke to cheer them up if they’re feeling sad.
- Offer to hand out the fruit and milk at snack time in school.
- Collect food donations for the food pantry.
- Volunteer at an animal shelter (if they’re old enough to).
- Donate old blankets and towels to a family in need.
- Read to seniors at the nursing home.
- Pray for the people who hurt you.
- Be kind even to rude people.
- Adopt an animal online.
- Never make fun of someone with a disability.
- Don’t interrupt when someone is talking.
- Turn off the lights when not in use.
- Help shovel the snow or rake the leaves.
- Donate old clothes to kids in need.
- Help without asking anything in return.
- Show the new kids around your school.
- Buy ice cream for a kid who can’t afford them.
- Listen to your parents.
- Pack extra lunch or snacks for your classmate who hasn’t got any.
- Say “good morning” to people.
- Play with your younger siblings.
- Write to kids of soldiers deployed overseas.
- Feed your pet and clean their cage/s without being asked.
- Help your sibling with their chores.
- Try not to complain for a day.
- Clear your table after having lunch at the school cafeteria.
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