Kindness Small Group Counseling Curriculum with Social Skills Activities

Help students build kindness skills across all areas of their lives with this engaging 6-Week Kindness Small Group Curriculum! This low-prep school counseling group helps students learn and practice how to show kindness to friends, family, peers, themselves, and their community through games, activities, discussion, reflection, and real-life practice. This research-based, data-driven small group includes detailed outlines, ASCA-aligned objectives, pre- and post-group self-assessments, and six weeks of engaging activities designed to make running a Tier 2 counseling group simple and effective. Students will learn how to: ⭐ Show kindness to friends ⭐ Show kindness to family members ⭐ Practice kindness toward peers and classmates ⭐ Recognize ways to be kind to themselves ⭐ Show kindness within their community ⭐ Demonstrate empathy, compassion, and concern for others ⭐ Reflect on and practice the kindness skills they’ve learned This resource includes: ✔ 6 weeks of engaging games and activities ✔ Detailed session outlines with ASCA-aligned objectives ✔ Pre- and post-group self-assessments for data collection ✔ Group Rules and Feelings Check posters ✔ Weekly concept posters ✔ Social story with relatable characters ✔ Kindness Cootie Catcher craft ✔ Kindness Meter sorting activity with 15 game cards ✔ The Invisible Boy book/video read-aloud activity and coloring page ✔ Kindness Scavenger Hunt and sorting activity ✔ Random Act of Kindness activity ✔ Make-your-own discussion die ✔ Matching game to review concepts ✔ Kindness reflection activity 6-Week Group Outline: Week 1: Showing Kindness to Friends Students explore kindness through a social story with relatable characters and complete a kindness cootie catcher craft. Week 2: Showing Kindness to Family Students use a sorting activity and Kindness Meter to discuss kindness at home and identify family members they could show more kindness toward. Week 3: Showing Kindness to Peers Students watch or read The Invisible Boy and discuss how kindness affects peers while completing a coloring activity. Week 4: Showing Kindness to Self Students complete a scavenger hunt and sorting activity to identify ways they can treat themselves with kindness. Week 5: Showing Kindness to the Community Students select a random act of kindness to perform during the group session and debrief using a make-your-own discussion die. Week 6: Reflect and Practice Students review concepts with a matching game and identify, discuss, and show how they plan to practice kindness. Why You'll Love This Group: ⭐ Low prep and easy to implement ⭐ Simply print and use ⭐ Clear instructions for each session ⭐ Built-in data collection helps you measure student growth ⭐ Engaging games, crafts, stories, sorting activities, and discussion ⭐ Research-based and ASCA-aligned ⭐ Reuse the curriculum with future groups Whether you're supporting students who need additional practice showing kindness to others or helping them learn to extend that same kindness to themselves, this 6-week kindness counseling group gives you structured, engaging activities to help students practice kindness at school, at home, and in their community.