Kindness 2027 · For Classrooms

A little more kindness, in every classroom.

A free gift from the writer Pemba Umoja: ten printable kindness cards and a classroom poster — in thirteen languages. Print them, post them, share them.

Classroom poster: It doesn't cost to be nice, but it's very costly to be mean.

Download in your language

Each set is a print-ready PDF: one poster page plus four cut-sheet pages — ten cards, free to share with attribution.

How to use them

Step one — Print: The poster for your classroom wall, the cards on any printer — black-and-white friendly.

Step two — Cut & post: Cut along the dashed lines. Hang the poster where students will see it every day.

Step three — Take one, leave one: Students take a card for themselves — and leave one behind for a stranger.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month in the United States — and kindness is the curriculum all year.

The 10 Days of Kindness Challenge

This October, try one card a day for ten school days. Read it together, talk about it for two minutes, then live it for the rest of the day. Ten cards, ten days, one kinder classroom.

We are each other's greatest wealth.
To see and to be seen are among the greatest gifts that can be exchanged.
Make "the other" a brother (or a sister).
It doesn't cost to be nice, but it's very costly to be mean.
A greeting is the human form of a sunrise.
Be a warm house in a storm.
Sometimes sweet fruits grow from bitter seeds.
He who excludes others ultimately leaves himself out.
Never underestimate the importance of a hug.
People would love it if you said hello.

Start any day in October — or any day at all. Kindness is the curriculum all year.

Share the ripples

Printed them? Photograph your classroom wall or your students' favorite cards and share them online. Everything is free to share with attribution — every card carries Pemba's name, so each share points back to more.

About the author

Pemba Umoja is a writer of short stories, poems, and aphorisms about life, meaning, and quiet connection. His work is published freely online in thirteen languages at pembaumoja.com.