International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Activities for Kids
Age Group: 3–6 years No. of Pages: 10 Format: Printable PDF
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on 17 October. For young children, the day is best taught through kindness, sharing and helping others. These printable worksheets for ages 3–6 include a kindness hunt, sorting kind and unkind actions, a warm-blanket maze, tracing and a word search, so your child practises early skills while thinking about how we care for one another.
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About This Worksheet
Young children do not need to understand poverty to learn the values behind this day. These pages focus on what a child can do: share, help, be fair and show kindness. Children circle kind actions, tick kind and cross mean ones, sort kind and unkind pictures, and help a warm blanket reach a child in need. Most pages take about 10–15 minutes, and a short chat before and after helps the ideas stick.
The 10-page pack focuses on kindness and sharing: children circle kind actions, spot what is not kind, trace KIND, SHARE, HELP and FOOD, tick kind or mean in a kindness hunt, deliver a warm blanket through a maze, colour helping hands and sort kind and unkind pictures.
Activities in This Pack
- Word search (help, fair, share, hope)
- Circle the kind kids
- What’s not kind? Circle the odd one out
- Trace the words KIND, SHARE, HELP and FOOD
- Kindness hunt: tick kind, cross mean
- Maze: deliver the warm blanket to a child in need
- Colour the kind hands and heart
- Kind or unkind? Cut, paste and sort
- Find the helping items
Skills Your Child Practises
- Social and emotional learning by recognising kind and unkind actions
- Word recognition through the word search with help, share, fair, hope and love
- Early writing through tracing words such as kind, share and help
- Sorting through cut-and-paste kind or unkind pictures
- Fine motor control through the warm-blanket maze and colouring kind hands
How to Use This Worksheet
- Talk first. Ask your child what being kind looks like and when they have shared something.
- Start with circle the kind kids and the kindness hunt, and talk about each choice.
- Move on to the sorting page, tracing and the word search.
- Finish with the warm-blanket maze or colouring kind hands, then choose one kind thing to do together this week.
What’s Next?
That completes the October days. Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for more themed days through the year.
Where This Worksheet Fits
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October) is one of seven October days in the IdeazSuper themed-day collection. Use the packs in date order to plan a full month of activities:
- International Day of Older Persons (1 October): respecting and appreciating older adults
- World Habitat Day (first Monday of October): homes and what makes a house a home
- World Teachers’ Day (5 October): saying thank you to teachers
- Global Handwashing Day (15 October): healthy hygiene habits
- International Day of Rural Women (15 October): farming, families and communities
- World Food Day (16 October): healthy food choices
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October): this pack
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty?
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on 17 October each year.
How do I talk to young children about poverty?
Keep it simple and focus on what children can do. You can explain that some people do not have enough of what they need, and that sharing, helping and being kind make a difference. These worksheets are built around those actions, so you can follow your child’s questions without going into detail.
What age are these worksheets for?
They are made for children aged 3 to 6. Younger children can circle, colour and follow the maze, and older children can sort pictures, trace words and try the word search.
Can I use these at home as well as in class?
Yes. They need only a printer, a pencil, crayons and scissors, so they work at home, in a classroom or in a small group. Talk about each kind action as your child works.
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Looking for more themed days? Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for preschool and kindergarten, with printable packs for special days across the year.