Celebrate kindness every day with this “Kindness Jar” from Learn with Sesame Street! Each time your child does something kind, write it on a heart for them to color. Over time, the jar fills up with acts of kindness you can see, share, and celebrate together.
Materials Needed:
🖨️ Printed “Kindness Jar” sheet
🖍️ Crayons or colored pencils
✏️ Pencil or pen for writing
⏱️ Time Needed: 5 minutes at a time (ongoing project)
👩👧 Best As: A do-together activity (parents record the act of kindness; children color and reflect)
How to Use:
- Print the jar and heart pages.
- Each time your child does something kind, write it down on a heart.
- Give the page to your child to color.
- Celebrate as the jar fills, and revisit the hearts to talk about how those actions showed kindness.
Encourage empathy, build positive habits, and show your child that kindness is powerful!
Why Celebrating Kindness Matters for Growing Minds
The Kindness Jar helps children notice and name positive behaviors, reinforcing that even small acts—like sharing, helping, or using kind words—make a big difference. Recognizing and celebrating these moments builds empathy, social awareness, and self-esteem, laying a foundation for lifelong social-emotional competence.
✨ Want to make it even more meaningful? Print out a copy for everyone in the family to track their kind acts—turning it into a shared family activity! Show your child that kindness grows even stronger when the whole family practices it together.
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