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April 10, 2019

Summer Kindness Calendars for Kids

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What if I told you that there was something fun you could do with your family this summer that would cut down on whining, help your family bond, teach your kids valuable life lessons and make the world a better place all at the same time?

Would you think I was crazy? Or that I was about to suggest the latest parenting book or e-course?

The truth is making this summer one full of memories is pretty simple. The secret is teaching kids to think of others by doing acts of kindness. And I have some free printable summer kindness calendars to get you started!

Free printable summer kindness calendars for kids! Includes coordinating RAK cards to use too!

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Summer Kindness Calendars

Summer is the perfect time to focus on intentionally doing acts of kindness with your kids. The change in routine makes it much easier to start creating new habits and making a habit of kindness is one you’ll never regret!

When we first started focusing on acts of kindness at Christmas I knew that there would be benefits, but my husband and I were surprised by just how good it was for our family. Not only did our kids learn about helping others, it also changed the way they viewed themselves. They were empowered by being “people who helped” and gained confidence as problem solvers.  They got into a habit of focusing on others which cut down on complaints and whining.

We were also surprised to discover that as we began to intentionally focus on kindness on a daily basis our stress levels decreased. Knowing we were going to do some act of kindness during the day as a family gave us a way to connect and something to look forward to doing each day.

Printable Acts of Kindness Calendars

Supplies:

  • Cardstock
  • Stickers or dot markers
  • Summer Kindness Calendars for 2019 (download below)
  • laminator (optional)

Just like the last 2 summers we’ve created an entire summer’s worth of printable kindness calendars for you. Each day has an act of kindness your family, group, or students can do and check off. The acts of kindness range from the super simple to more involved. I’ve intentionally mixed them up so kids can see that simple everyday acts really do make a difference.

The goal of the calendars is not to do each act of kindness on the assigned day, although you can if you want! Doing acts of kindness as a family shouldn’t be stressful or add more to your workload.

Part of the goal is to help you connect and be more intentional with your family so don’t over think it. Do the activities when they are convenient for you and use stickers or markers to check off the ones you’ve done. Focusing on kindness, not going in order, is what will make a difference.

Printable Summer RAK’d Cards

We have free printable RAK’d cards you can pass out when you do your acts of kindness. These are perfect for leaving behind when you do things like tape change to a vending machine or collect books for the library.

There are 3 versions included in the download that coordinate with the 3 calendars. Print, cut and use to spread some kindness!

Download Your Summer Kindness Calendars

Just print, laminate if you’d like, decide on your plan, and get ready to make some memories!

Download your summer kindness calendars & RAK’d cards here: SUMMER KINDNESS CALENDARS 2019

Rather choose your own acts of kindness for the calendars? Buy our editable summer kindness calendars for $1!

All of the acts of kindness on the RAK calendars are on our 100 Acts of Kindness for Kids list. If you have a question about what one of the acts of kindness is or want more ideas click on the photo below for the whole list with links to further instructions!

100 Acts of Kindness for Kids!!! Free printable in post!

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Kelly Alatorre says

    December 14, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    Megan, I am a TK teacher and just found your blog and love it!!!!!! You have a new follower and will be send my TK parents to you also.

    Thanks, Kelly

    Reply
  2. Timothy Utton says

    June 5, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    Megan –
    Thank you for your wonderful idea for the summertime. I wanted to share with you that I enjoyed the idea so much that I have it highlighted on my weekday podcast called the “Weekday Boost” It will be posted tomorrow on http://www.weekdayswithtim.com.

    Thanks again!
    Pastor Timothy Utton

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 6, 2017 at 9:57 am

      Thank you so much!!!!

      Reply
  3. Gretchen says

    June 15, 2017 at 10:01 am

    Hello! This is a great idea. I’d like to link to this and feature it in an article for a parenting site, but the PDF link isn’t working for me. Is the link correct? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 15, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Hi Gretchen!

      It’s working for me. Do you have Adobe Acrobat? If so and it’s still not working email me a screenshot and I’ll try and figure out what’s going on with it!

      Reply
  4. Deanna Partlow says

    May 10, 2018 at 2:07 pm

    Hi Megan,
    Just wanted you to know I’m sharing a link to your summer RAK calendar with the 10,000 or so Washingtonians who receive our state’s caregiver newsletter. It goes out each month to foster parents, relative caregivers, adoptive parents and others in the caregiver community. I stumbled on your blog a few months ago and thought the summer calendar might be a great tool to help teach kindness, empathy and compassion to children who may had little of it in their young lives. Thanks so much for creating it and making it available to everyone. It is wonderful!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      May 11, 2018 at 10:42 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  5. Jenn says

    May 21, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Any chance a 2018 update will be coming out soon?
    I am interested in buying the edit-able version as well, but it says out of stock currently.
    Thank you for your help!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      May 21, 2018 at 4:52 pm

      Yes! So sorry for the delay!!!! Hopefully by the end of the week!

      Reply
      • Jenn says

        May 22, 2018 at 10:23 am

        No problem!! I love them and am hoping to send them home for the summer, as well as complete them at my house. I have to remember to check back in so I don’t miss it!

        Reply
        • Megan Sheakoski says

          May 24, 2018 at 10:58 am

          They should be up now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          Reply
  6. Deanna says

    June 3, 2020 at 12:47 pm

    Hi Megan!! Just curious if you have an updated version for 2020?

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 4, 2020 at 3:26 pm

      No, instead of summer calendars I am putting together monthly kindness charts. I just don’t have them ready yet!

      Reply

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