1st Grade Kindness Activities
These 1st grade kindness worksheets help students practice literacy skills while learning about kindness and empathy. Activities focus on alphabetical order, sentence structure, writing, and critical thinking, encouraging students to recognize kind actions and reflect on their own choices.
Students will complete tasks like sorting kindness words, writing responses to real-world scenarios, and fixing sentences related to kindness. Exercises such as “What Would You Do?” help students think through different situations, while “Kindness Word Scramble” reinforces vocabulary skills. These printable worksheets provide a simple way to integrate social-emotional learning into reading and writing practice.
1st Grade Kindness Activity Printables
Kindness makes the world a better place! Students create a kindness poster to remind others how important it is to be kind. Add words, pictures, and lots of color!
Students cut out the pictures, and sort and paste them into the “Kind” category or the “Not Kind” category.
Students read each situation, circle the smiley face if it is a kind choice or the frowning face if it is not a kind choice.
Students cut out the pictures, and sort and paste them into the “Kind” category or the “Not Kind” category.
These sentences need fixing! They are missing capital letters and punctuation. Students rewrite them correctly on the line below.
Students read the short story and then answer the comprehension questions.
Students read each situation and think about how they could show kindness. They write a sentence or two to explain what they would do.
Students find and circle the kindness words hidden in the word search. Words can be found across and down- and sometimes the words overlap!
Students look at the kindness words, imagine each word is like a seed that needs to be planted in the right order. They write the words in ABC order on the lines provided to organize their kindness garden!
Students read each sentence and choose the best word from the word bank to complete it. They write the word on the blank line.
The kindness words are scrambled up! Students rearrange the letters to form a real word that represents kindness. They write that word in the empty space next to the scrambled letters.
Students think about ways they can plant seeds of kindness in their lives. They write at least three sentences about how they can grow kindness at home, at school, or in their community.
Tips for Using the 1st Grade Kindness Worksheets
- Warm Up with a Kindness Brainstorm – Before starting, ask students to share ways they can show kindness at school, home, or in their community. Write their ideas on the board to reference during the activities.
- Use “Kindness ABCs” for Alphabet Practice – Turn this worksheet into a hands-on activity by having students write kindness words on index cards and arrange them in ABC order before completing the worksheet.
- Encourage Critical Thinking – Worksheets like “What Would You Do?” help students reflect on real-life scenarios. After writing their responses, have a class discussion about different ways to handle situations with kindness.
- Make Sentence Fix-Up Fun – For “Sentence Fix-Up: Kindness Edition,” turn it into a partner activity. Have one student read the incorrect sentence aloud while the other writes the corrected version, then switch roles.
- Use Sorting Activities for Hands-On Learning – Worksheets like “Kind or Not?” and “Kindness Matching” can be cut out ahead of time and used as a sorting station. Let students physically move the pieces before gluing them in place.
- Incorporate Art and Creativity – Encourage students to take their “Draw Your Own Kindness Poster” beyond the worksheet by adding colors, stickers, or even making a class kindness mural.
- Turn Kindness into a Daily Habit – Use the “Making Kind Choices” worksheet as a class discussion starter each morning. Have students share one kind action they did the previous day.
- Strengthen Reading Skills – Worksheets like “Kindness Story Comprehension” help with reading fluency and understanding. Pair it with read-alouds about kindness for deeper connections.
- Use Writing Prompts to Expand Learning – For “I Can Grow Kindness,” encourage students to turn their three sentences into a short story or journal entry about a time they were kind.
- Celebrate Acts of Kindness – Create a kindness board in the classroom where students can post their completed worksheets or write down kind acts they’ve done or witnessed.