America’s Anti-Bullying School Speaker

Kindness Hub

Kindness Activities That Support Bullying Prevention

Move beyond slogans to specific actions that strengthen belonging

Kindness supports prevention when students can see and practice it as action. It does not replace a clear response to bullying; it strengthens the everyday inclusion and bystander habits surrounding that response.

Overview

A Practical Part of Schoolwide Prevention

Purposeful kindness and inclusion resources that reinforce an anti-bullying school assembly without replacing reporting, response or accountability.

Core Priorities

Build a Stronger Bullying Prevention Plan

Use these focus areas to connect day-to-day practice with the shared message of an anti-bullying school speaker.

Make it specific

Practice inviting someone in, checking on a peer, giving credit, interrupting exclusion and asking an adult for help.

Avoid forced disclosure

Design activities that do not require students to reveal personal experiences or identify peers publicly.

Connect to courage

Show that kindness can include a difficult, safe choice rather than only a cheerful gesture.

Use Now

Kindness Hub Practical Tools

Read, print or copy these school-ready on-page resources. Checklist progress is saved in this browser.

On-page guide

Purposeful Kindness Activity Guide

Use specific inclusion actions that support—but do not replace—reporting and accountability.View guide

Elementary school

  • Practice inviting someone into a game, sharing space and getting adult help through picture-based scenarios.
  • Create rotating welcome roles so inclusion is a routine rather than a contest.
  • Reflect privately: What action helped someone belong?

Middle and high school

  • Map low-pressure ways to welcome students into lunch, clubs and group work.
  • Analyze how silence, reactions and reposts can reward exclusion.
  • Plan an inclusive action with an adult sponsor and a clear route for concerns.

Keep it safe and meaningful

  • Do not require disclosure, public apologies or praise based on popularity.
  • Connect kindness to courage: checking in, refusing an audience and seeking help.
  • Keep clear reporting, response and accountability procedures alongside kindness activities.
Interactive checklist

Inclusive Activity Design Checklist

Check that a school kindness activity creates access rather than pressure or competition.Open checklist

Before launching

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Watch Related Anti-Bullying Programs

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Primary · Grades PK-2

Friends Helping Friends

Jim Jordan's primary anti-bullying assembly uses fun, interactive methods to teach young students friendship, kindness, speaking up and bullying prevention.

Related grade level: Grades PK-2

Related resources

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Action Plan

Four Practical Next Steps

Adapt these steps to school policy, student needs and the grade-specific bullying prevention program you select.

  1. Step 1

    Choose actions appropriate to the grade level and school setting.

  2. Step 2

    Invite participation without turning kindness into a competition.

  3. Step 3

    Pair each activity with a short reflection on impact.

  4. Step 4

    Connect kindness language to bystander action and reporting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions About Kindness Hub

Is a kindness campaign the same as bullying prevention?
No. Kindness can strengthen belonging, but effective bullying prevention also needs clear expectations, reporting, adult response, support and accountability.
How can kindness activities follow an assembly?
Use brief, specific inclusion actions tied to the assembly's bystander message, then reflect on how those actions affect peers and school climate.

Bring an Anti-Bullying School Speaker to Your School

Pair these resources with a grade-specific assembly, teacher training or parent presentation built around practical bullying prevention.