Celebrating World Kindness Day in the classroom

Nov. 10

World Kindness Day will be celebrated on November 13, 2025, around the globe as a reminder that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a big difference.

Let’s encourage our students to lead with kindness, spread positivity and make their school and community a better place, one kind act at a time! Kindness is something the world can never have enough of and it doesn’t cost a dime to give.

Here are five ways to integrate kindness into your school day:

1. Create a kindness pledge. As a class, create a kindness pledge that you refer to or recite daily. This sets the tone and welcomes kindness into your classroom every day.

2. Give kindness shout-outs. Allow students to give each other written kindness shout-outs on sticky notes or special paper. You can make these anonymous if you wish. At the end of each day, take a minute or two to read some out loud.

3. Implement kindness challenges. This can be done in many ways: You can either assign the entire class a simple challenge such as saying hello to three new friends on the playground; or you can assign each student in class a kindness buddy they get to do kind acts for each week.

4. Start a kindness chain. Each time a student shows kindness, add a link to a classroom chain. Hang up the chain as a physical representation of your classroom’s kindness.

5. Play kindness bingo. Create a bingo card with kind acts. Students can mark them off as they complete each one over a decided period of time. Blackout cards can receive a prize!

What are some ways you implement kindness into your school day? Share some kindness ideas with us on the Arizona PBS Kids Facebook page.

About the author

Marissa Will is the mother of two, Olivia (8) and Logan (6). Writing was her first passion: she’s a freelance writer and a Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumna. Will is currently educating the future leaders of tomorrow: She has spent the past nine years educating third grade with a master’s degree in elementary education from Northern Arizona University-Yuma.