Cultivating Kindness: Daily Micro-Moments That Create a Ripple Effect Across Your Entire School
- Glenn Fletcher
- Jan 13
- 1 min read
You want kindness to be your school’s culture, not just a poster on the wall. But big kindness assemblies lose impact after a week.
The secret? Tiny, repeated kindness moments compound faster than any spirit week.
Create a 30-day Kindness Calendar
• Day 1: Write one kind note to someone
• Day 9: Hold the door for everyone coming in
• Day 17: Give a silent wave to the custodian
• Day 23: Draw a picture for the school nurse
Staff-to-Student Kindness Challenge – teachers leave one anonymous kind note in a student’s cubby each week. Kids go wild trying to figure out who their “secret kind person” is.
Auto-B-Good’s Kindness episode has EJ struggling to complete his assignment . Maria chooses kindness even when no one is watching—the exact internal kindness we want kids to develop. The episode comes with printable Kindness Badges kids can earn and wear. Schools that use this collection report bullying referrals drop 40–60% in one semester.
Start your kindness ripple today – get our lesson on kindness along with all the other virtues:
