Kindness Wheel: Spin an Act of Kindness

Kindness wheel with 16 small acts of kindness to try, from a kind note to helping a classmate. Spin one each morning for class, for family or for yourself.

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On this wheel

Write a kind note
Say thank you to a helper
Invite someone to play
Help tidy up
Give a real compliment
Share something of yours
Hold the door
Help a classmate
Say good morning to someone new
Listen without interrupting
Draw a picture for someone
Let someone go first

Why use a kindness wheel

Sixteen small acts of kindness are on the wheel, all free and all easy to do today. Spin one in the morning, then talk at the end of the day about how it went.

Set a kind goal for the day
Spin one act at morning meeting, and ask who managed it at the end of the day.
Run a kindness week
Teachers can spin a new act each day, and keep a tally on the wall.
Try one as a family
Families can spin at breakfast and share what they did over dinner.

This wheel wears the Wheel-ementary theme: crayons on a chalkboard, push pins and a gold-star arrow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the kindness wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own kind act picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 16 entries on the kindness wheel

Write a kind note
Say thank you to a helper
Invite someone to play
Help tidy up
Give a real compliment
Share something of yours
Hold the door
Help a classmate
Say good morning to someone new
Listen without interrupting
Draw a picture for someone
Let someone go first
Thank a teacher
Check on a friend
Pick up litter
Make someone laugh

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my class add its own ideas?

Yes. Click “Create your own kind act picker”, and type in the ideas your class comes up with.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own kind act picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.