In celebration of World Kindness Day on November 13th, kiddycharts.com have created a Random Acts of Kindness calendar for parents, guardians, teachers and caregivers to print out for free. The calendar includes suggestions of small acts of kindness that children and adults alike can do this month to make another person's life a little bit better. It includes ideas for kind actions such as ‘smile to a stranger’ or ‘visit someone who is sick’ and a printable calendar that can be completed to plan and track these actions monthly. The Random Acts of Kindness Calendar can be downloaded and shared from https://www.kiddycharts.com/free-resources-for-journalists-and-online-publications/

The calendar is part of kiddycharts.com's initiative to help parents and teachers to support children's mental health and well-being, as well as open up the discussion of these subjects more. The kindness calendar can act as a starting point for many families wanting to discuss issues like sadness, worry and stress in a way that children understand, both to encourage them to discuss their own concerns with parents or trusted friends and to be empathetic towards the struggles of others. Similar resources produced by kiddycharts.com include their Random Acts of Kindness cards (https://www.kiddycharts.com/printables/random-act-kindness-cards/) as well as kindness ideas (https://www.kiddycharts.com/seasonal-and-holiday-ideas/kindness/) for families and children.

Helen Neale, editor at kiddycharts.com, says, "At this time, as everyone across the UK struggles with the cost of living crisis, we think it's really important for people to do what they can to spread kindness and joy. We never really know what's going on in other people's lives, and sometimes something as small as a simple smile can raise people's spirits. This November, we'd love it if parents and teachers can use the Random Acts of Kindness calendar to show children how important it is to look after each other's mental health and wellbeing."

kiddycharts.com offers free information and resources to parents, giving 51%+ profits to charity as a social enterprise, including printable reward charts, potty charts, and five-a-day chart. To download the new Random Acts of Kindness calendar or browse other online resources, visit https://www.kiddycharts.com/ or find KiddyCharts on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter.