Acts of Kindness Challenge
To develop prosocial behaviour through planned acts of kindness.
- Framework: EYFS
- Unit: EYFS Personal, Social & Emotional
- Learning area: Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Level: EYFS 3-4
Objectives
- Performs deliberate acts of kindness
- Notices others' needs
- Reflects on impact of kindness
- Shows prosocial behaviour
Materials
- Kindness challenge cards
- Kindness tracker
- Celebration display
- Stickers
Instructions
SETTING KINDNESS CHALLENGES: 'Today's kindness challenge is: help someone who is struggling. Look around—who might need help? A friend who can't do their zip? Someone who looks sad?'
MODELLING KINDNESS: Deliberately model kindness and narrate: 'I noticed that was hard for you, so I came to help. That's kindness—noticing when someone needs help and doing something about it.'
REFLECTING ON IMPACT: 'How did it feel when you helped Mia? And how do you think MIA felt? Kindness makes TWO people feel good—the person who is kind AND the person who receives it!'
BUILDING A CULTURE: 'Our class is becoming SO kind! Look at all these kind things on our tracker! We're a kind community—we look after each other.'