Kids’ Journaling Idea: Kindness Journal

A kindness journal is exactly what it sounds like; a journal that helps kids to spread 
kindness and improve their own positivity and gratitude. Kindness journals allow your 
kids to maintain a positive attitude, see all the beauty in the world, and want to help 
others be happy and kind, passing it around from person to person. 


How Kids Can Use the Kindness Journal 

It is best to keep the kindness journal separate from other types of journals, like a 
gratitude or daily journal. With the kindness journal, there are a few things they can 
write about.

What Kindness Means to Them – Start by keeping it basic by letting your kids write in 
their journal about what they think kindness means and why it is important.

Ways They Practice Kindness – Let your kids use writing prompts that help them 
discover ways they can practice more kindness, make lists of random acts of kindness, 
and make lists every day of anything they did or said that was nice for the other person.

How They Can Help People Who Are Not Kind – This is a difficult topic to approach 
for some kids, but teaching them why others might not seem as kind is really important. 
Let your kids explore the reasons why someone else’s attitude might be a little different, 
and really understanding the differences between people and their life experiences.


Making it Easier for Kids 

This also provides another opportunity for your kids to be creative and have fun with it. 
In their kindness journal, they might want to sketch out ideas for what they can do for 
other people, draw illustrations showing the kindness they showed, or draw images that 
makes them think of things that are sunny, happy, and nice to be around. 


Journal Prompts for the Kindness Journal

Journal prompts are a type of writing prompt, giving your kids a subject to write about. 
You can create ones specifically for spreading kindness. Think about what they might 
write about how to be kind, and this can tell you what prompts would be good for them 
to use in the kindness journal. Remember that prompts can be a question or statement 
they use to know what to write about. 

For example:

What is something kind you did today?
How did you help someone?
How did someone help you?
How do you feel when someone does something nice for you?
Who is the last person you smiled at?




