Random Acts of Kindness

The mission of The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is to make kindness the norm™ in our schools, workplaces, homes & communities. We work toward that goal by creating free content that promotes kindness toward others & teaches important social emotional learning skills to kids.

All our resources for schools, home & community & the workplace are free.

We also have other resources to inspire you to be kind wherever you are—kindness ideas, kindness quotes, the kindness blog, kindness videos and kindness stories.

Kindness at School

Don't just expect kindness from your kids—teach them! We have taken our CASEL approved, highly effective, evidence-based Kindness in the Classroom® social emotional learning curriculum and made it better. By including a focus on equity, teacher self-care, and digital citizenship, we are excited to share a more engaging, relatable, and inclusive curriculum.

Grades K-5 Grades 6-8

Free Training Materials

NEW High School Curriculum

Our new 16-week High School elective course will give you the opportunity to gather new and deeper insights about respect, caring, integrity, inclusiveness, and courage and to begin to apply them in new and more meaningful ways. And by completing your Kindness Capstone Project you can earn 50 community service credit hours to satisfy your graduation requirements.

High School Curriculum

Distance Learning
Mini-lessons

While academics are important during this time of distancing, we believe social emotional skills are incredibly valuable to our mental health.

For those of you looking to include social emotional learning into your daily/weekly curriculum, we've added some mini-lessons that can be done at home alone or with others in your household. Most importantly, take care of yourself and your own well-being. It's not easy to learn if you aren't practicing self care!

Download All Mini-lessons

Also check out our distance learning tips for schools and parents and other free school resources below.

2020 Kindness Calendars

An act of kindness each day.

Download Now

Kindness Coloring Pages

Take a brain break.

Download Now

50 Ways to Be Kind Poster

Inspiration for your classroom.

Download Now

Kindness Bookmarks

A kind way to keep your place.

Download Now

Recognition Certificates

A little recognition goes a long way.

Download Now

Kindness Bingo

Challenge your friends.

Download Now

Kindness at Home & in Your Community

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW KINDNESS CHALLENGE!

We've designed a fun kindness challenge to help make kindness the norm™ at home & in your neighborhood. Your challenge (if you choose to accept it) is to complete a series of kindness activities to fill in 60 'hearts'. Each act of kindness is worth one, two or three 'hearts' based on how challenging they are: one-heart activities are quick and easy, two-heart activities are more involved, and three-heart activities are challenging & will take more time.

There's a good mix of activities: various random acts of kindness meant to be done in your home & neighborhood, writing prompts, self-care activities and fun coloring pages too. You choose which activities to do and when to do them—so no pressure. Just do the ones that sound fun to you.

Can you complete the challenge & fill in all 60 hearts?

Download Now

#MakeKindnessTheNorm

You can also download a paginated PDF so you can make your own booklets at home. Click here for details.

Kindness at Work

Transform your workplace with our FREE 12 month kindness calendar. The calendar features monthly themes structured to create a kinder work culture. Each month offers daily ideas for individuals to complete in a few minutes or less. On top of the daily ideas, there is a team-based activity that can be used to celebrate kindness each month as a team, a small group or the whole company!

Download 2020 Calendar

See our other resources for the workplace below...

NEW WORKPLACE RESOURCE

Seven steps to creating kindness in the workplace

7 Steps to Creating
Kindness in the Workplace

The origin of the word culture comes directly from the Latin word cultura which means to grow or cultivate. Culture is key to a company’s success or failure. Creating a workplace where people feel connected, have a sense of purpose, and are appreciated and recognized for their contributions makes for a stronger, more successful organization.

This Kindness in the Workplace action planning guide includes seven key ingredients that make for a positive and kind culture where people want to show up and do their best:

Setting a Tone
Modeling Behavior
Creating a Safe and Supportive Environment
Strengths, Mistakes and Growth Mindset
Trust, Boundaries and Belonging
Communication and Collaboration
Celebration

Download Kindness in the Workplace Guide

Download other helpful Kindness in the Workplace resources below.

Kindness in the Workplace Poster

A poster showing various ways you can be kind while at work. Hang this in the break room to inspire your team!

Download Now

Kindness Award Certificate

Recognize your teammates for their kindnesss by presenting them with a Kindness Award Certificate.

Download Now

Tag! You're It! Cards

Start a fun game of Kindness Tag in your office where you do anonymous acts of kindness for your teammates.

Download Now

SOCIAL DISTANCING

KINDNESS RESOURCES

Loving Kindness Meditation

15-minute loving-kindness meditation from Emma Seppala Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and author of "The Happiness Track."

Join a virtual bookclub

Find a virtual bookclub to join in from your local library or bookstore or find one that you like online at Goodreads.

Peaceful Pen Pals

We invite youth to make new friends through some good old fashioned letter writing! Parents or legal guardians may sign their child up to take part in our new Peaceful Pen Pal project. We will match each child with one other child of a similar age.

Fun Kindness Idea

Pull out those vintage clothes, old halloween costumes and ugly Christmas sweaters and put a fun spin on your next video call. Take a picture and share with others to encourage the fun!