Random Acts of Kindness: Printables, Great Ideas, and Activities

Have you ever made the startling (and somewhat frightening) discovery that teaching your kids at home has much more to do with character than scholastics, and that inspiring them to do random acts of kindness is every bit as important as honing their skills in the three R’s?

I like to think of myself as skilled at the classroom aspect of my kids’ education. I can explain the parts of speech and help them diagram sentences. I might not have been the best math student, but I’ll try my hardest to assist my kids in grasping algebra.

And history? Science? Let’s do it! My boys and I discuss historical events and the nuances of immunity and biology just for fun, while my daughter and I love exploring literature and the awesome power of stories together.

Yes, give me a desk to sit my kids down and a textbook from which to teach them, and I’m good.

But character? I mean, I know the Bible stories like the back of my hand, but how am I supposed to respond when my five-year-old states, “I wish Jesus didn’t say that we’re supposed to forgive”?

How am I supposed to break up an argument between siblings when each of them is 100% convinced they are 100% in the right and unwilling to budge even a millimeter in their stance?

The truth is that helping our kids build character is going to be a lifelong endeavor. It’s not something we can check off the homeschool list like we can that math test or that book report. But it’s oh, so very vital. While some of this learning can come from books (and please do be reading good, beautiful, and true books with your children!), most of it comes from the midst of our everyday lives.

It comes from responding with grace and patience when our kids act up or mouth off or ask questions we’re not quite ready for.

It also comes from community, which is so important for the homeschooling family. This can be your local community: grandparents, friends, church family, or your homeschool co-op. It can also include online groups, like our Hip Homeschool Mom Facebook Group. We’re in this together, and by God’s grace, we will raise children who not only love book learning, but love giving, serving, and yes, even doing random acts of kindness for a stranger.

So, in this post, you’ll find some great freebies and other printables related to character building and random acts of kindness. Some of these are from our sister sites and others are found far and wide from women just like you–homeschool moms who are doing their best to raise their children to seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly.

Random Acts of Kindness

Friendship and Random Acts of Kindness Printables

Positive Traits Kindness Cards

Learning about kindness and friendship through complimenting each other. After a class discussion about positive personality traits and expanded sentences, students write compliments about each other on kindness cards. This “random acts of kindness” activity helps students see the good in each other. It also serves as a reminder of their own good traits.

Free Acts of Kindness Cards

These free kindness cards can be used in a number of ways to encourage random acts of kindness with your students, in your classroom, or at home.

Free Printable: Hot Chocolate Note

Pair a gift card or packet of hot chocolate with this free printable note and leave it with a book for someone to find. This is a delightful idea for random acts of kindness you might do in your community, such as leaving a free book with this printable note in a local Little Free Library for someone to find. You could also leave it at a bus stop or in the church library.

Postcards for Seniors, by Kids

Here are some free printable postcards for kids to decorate and send to senior citizens as part of a random acts of kindness service project in their homeschool or church.

If’s – A Game of Character and Choice

“Ifs” is a game to help children learn to make wise decisions before they are even placed in a position of temptation. Grown kids have testified that having played a game that prepared them ahead of time helped them choose to do right based on insights gained from God’s Word. You can use these If’s for family devotions or even for discussion around the dinner table. Consider placing them in a jar and having your child choose one each night.

Free Interactive Bible Story Printables

Character traits can be learned through Bible stories with these fun, FREE interactive printables. Teach kids that the details in ancient scripture stories may be different, but the challenges and feelings are the same today.

25 Random Acts of Kindness Printable

The 25 random acts of kindness suggested in this printable are things you can easily do, most of which don’t cost a single cent, and many of which you can rope your kids in on as you help to make your city, town, or community a kinder place.

Random Acts of Kindness

More Ideas and Activities on Kindness

Looking for more ideas and suggestions of fun activities you can do with your kids to make kindness the thing to do? Check out these great posts!

Featured Photo by Ron Lach

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  1. What an amazing list of freebies for instilling values in your littles! I hope this makes acts of kindness less random and more practiced on a daily basis. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

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