Kindness Chart to Print, with Kind Acts to Tick Off Each Day

Type a name and the week's kind acts, then press Print the chart for one page of boxes.

Type on the chart. × removes a goal, + adds one.

Kindness chart

GoalMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Name
Greet everyone at home by name
Pour water for everyone at the table
Read a story to a younger child
Ask a family member about their day

Days
Each box is worth

Names and ticks are kept in this browser only. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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How it works

This kindness chart is a weekly grid you type and print: kind acts down the side, days across the top, a box to tick each time one is done. It opens on one name and 4 kind acts for home.

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Pick the kind acts

The sample rows are Greet everyone at home by name, Pour water for everyone at the table, Read a story to a younger child and Ask a family member about their day. Type over them and the sample goes. The Pick from button opens the whole list in 5 groups: at home, at school, with friends, for the whole class, around the neighborhood.

One child, or a whole class

Type up to 6 names with commas between them, and each name gets its own block of rows. Clear the names and the rows print once, for a chart a class fills together. The group For the whole class is worded for that, such as Clap for every speaker today. Under Days, pick Monday to Friday.

  • No row in the list asks a child to share food or to give money.
  • The chart prints plain boxes. A heart sticker, a star or a pen tick fills one.

Questions and answers

What do you put on a kindness chart?

Kind acts a child can do and an adult can see, one to a row and worded as what to do. Three from the list: Sit with someone who is alone, Wait for a slower friend, Return the cart at the store.

What are kind acts for kids at school?

Three are Lend your spare pencil, Show a new student where things go and Push in a chair that was left out. The group For the whole class has rows a class fills together, such as Tidy a space for the next class.

What kind acts can a child do at home?

Let your sibling pick tonight's game, Leave a kind note on a pillow, Fill the bird feeder and Carry something for a grown-up are four. The sample draws from the same group, At home, which opens first in the list.

Does the kindness chart print hearts or pictures?

No. It prints the title, a Week of line, the day names, the rows with boxes and a Reward line that can stay empty. The title and the reward are typed on the chart, and Each box is worth switches from tick boxes to points.

All 48 kind acts

At home 12

  • Ask a family member about their day One question, and the whole answer listened to.
  • Bring a drink to someone who is busy A glass of water carried to a grown-up or a sibling who is working.
  • Carry something for a grown-up A bag, the mail or the laundry basket, from where it is to where it goes.
  • Draw a card for a grandparent Drawn and signed. It counts once it is in the envelope or in their hands.
  • Fill the bird feeder Seed in the feeder or crumbs on the sill, with a grown-up if it hangs high.
  • Greet everyone at home by name Each person, by name, before breakfast is over.
  • Leave a kind note on a pillow A drawing or a few words, left where they will find it at bedtime.
  • Let your sibling pick tonight's game Their pick, played through to the end.
  • Offer someone the window seat The window seat or the spot by the lamp, offered before anyone asks.
  • Pour water for everyone at the table Every glass filled before the meal starts, your own last.
  • Read a story to a younger child One whole picture book, start to finish, to a brother, a sister or a cousin.
  • Tidy up a mess someone else made Blocks, shoes or cushions put back, with nobody asked whose they were.
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At school 10

  • Clap for a classmate's work At show and tell or when work is shared. A thumbs up counts too.
  • Help a classmate fill their bag Books in the bag or papers in the folder, when they are running late.
  • Lend your spare pencil Lent when a classmate asks, or offered when you see they have none.
  • Let someone go ahead of you in line At the water fountain, the sink or the door.
  • Pick up what a classmate dropped A pencil, a glove or a lunch box, handed back to its owner.
  • Push in a chair that was left out Any chair, at any table, on your way past.
  • Say thank you at the lunch counter Said to the person serving, loud enough to be heard.
  • Show a new student where things go The coat pegs, the lunch line or the reading corner. One of them counts.
  • Sit with someone who is alone At lunch or on the carpet. Ask first, then sit.
  • Thank the teacher at the end of the day Two words on the way out of the door.

With friends 10

  • Ask a child on their own to join in One invitation at recess or at the park. It counts whatever they answer.
  • Cheer for a friend who is trying From the side of the field or the edge of the stage.
  • Give a friend a drawing you made Finished, signed and handed over.
  • Give a friend the first turn On the slide, with the dice or with the new marker.
  • Keep a promise you made The promise is named at the start of the week and the box is filled when it is kept.
  • Name one thing a friend is good at Said to the friend, and exact: a goal, a drawing or a spelling word.
  • Say sorry first after a quarrel Said out loud, without waiting for the other person to start.
  • Teach a friend a game you know The rules explained and one round played together.
  • Use a friend's name when you say hi Hi with the name, in the morning or at the gate.
  • Wait for a slower friend On the walk, on the stairs or at the end of a race.

For the whole class 8

  • Add a kind note to the class box A note about something kind a classmate did, signed or unsigned.
  • Clap for every speaker today Every classmate who shares gets the same clap, first to last.
  • Find a partner for everyone at recess A look round the playground shows nobody left out of a game.
  • Make a welcome back card together One card, a line or a drawing from each child, for a classmate who has been away.
  • Make room in the circle for everyone The circle opens up until every child has a place in it.
  • Read with a buddy from a younger class One book shared, side by side.
  • Sign a class card for the custodian Every name on one card, handed over by two children.
  • Tidy a space for the next class The art room, the gym or the library left ready for whoever comes next.

Around the neighborhood 8

  • Give outgrown toys to a toy drive Chosen by the child, clean and whole, bagged with a grown-up.
  • Hold the gate at the playground Held until the next child or stroller is through.
  • Let someone else press the button In the elevator or at the crosswalk.
  • Pick up 3 pieces of litter Three pieces into the bin at the park or on the sidewalk, with a grown-up watching.
  • Return the cart at the store Pushed back to the cart rack beside a grown-up.
  • Say hello to the crossing guard Hello on the way to school, and thank you on the far side.
  • Say thank you at the library desk Said when the books are handed back or checked out.
  • Wave to a neighbor you know A wave and a hello from your own yard or doorstep.

How this list was compiled: Row wordings and hint lines written for this site on 2026-10-01. Every row is one kind act a child can do and an adult can see, worded as what to do. None is a reward or a prize, none asks a child to share food, and none is about money. The hint line says what counts as done. No row is taken from another list, and the page says nothing about what a chart does for a child. Licence: own work

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