- Do no harm
- Greet everyone you meet with a smile…it’s contagious!
- Say “Please” and “Thank you” every time
- Listen carefully without interrupting
- Pause before you speak…and choose kind words
- Ask: “How can I help?”
- Always keep your word
- Be generous and share
- Be kind to all creatures and respect their environments
- There is always something to be grateful for…live in gratitude!
- Hold a door open for someone
- Give a friendly wave to people passing by in cars and buses
- Lend an elderly person a hand
- Return shopping carts to the front of the store
- Donate books you have already read to a local library
- Send out a kind email or a card to let someone know you are thinking of them
- Bake cookies for a neighbor
- Offer to walk a neighbor’s dog
- Wheel out your neighbor’s trash and recycling cans
- Pick up litter wherever you see it and dispose of it properly
- Say something nice about someone…just because you can 🙂
- Share a fun riddle or joke to cheer someone up
- Write a thank-you note to someone who has done something nice for you
- Call or visit a sick friend
- Make a handmade get-well card for someone
- Tape a thank-you note to the front of your mailbox for your postal carrier
- Fold your own laundry
- Always make your bed
- Help clean up, without being asked
- Turn the water off while brushing your teeth
- Turn off lights when leaving a room
- Help by setting the table for a meal
- Let your brother or sister choose which game they would like to play with you
- Go through your toys and donate the ones you no longer play with
- Have a lemonade stand and donate the profits to a local animal shelter
- Keep a kindness journal about the ways you were kind during the day – write in it each night before you go to bed
- Welcome new students to your school and show them around
- Invite someone new into your circle of friends
- Help keep your classroom clean and tidy
- Make peace with someone who has wronged you
- Make amends with someone you have wronged
- Help out when someone’s shoe is untied or their backpack zipper is open
- Say “hello” to a classmate you don’t usually talk to
- Sit next to someone you don’t normally eat lunch with
- Thank your teacher for helping you learn
- Bring a flower to your teacher
- Tell the principal how great your teacher is
- Leave a cheerful note on a classmate’s desk
- Make a thank-you card for the bus driver
- Dry off the swings and slides on the playground after it rains
