Honesty Worksheets: Fun Printable Activities That Teach Truthfulness

Honesty means telling the truth and being responsible in words and actions. For kids, this means saying what really happened, not hiding the truth even when it feels uncomfortable, and doing the right thing when no one is watching.

Truthfulness helps people build trust, solve problems, and form strong relationships. It also shapes character and guides better decision-making. Honesty worksheets support this learning by giving kids ways to think through real-life situations and practice making honest choices without pressure.

Who These Honesty Worksheets are For

Research shows that for preschoolers, simply promising to tell the truth does not increase honesty. Instead, boosting their self-awareness encourages young children to admit the truth [*].

Honesty is not just a moral value. Research across multiple disciplines indicates that honesty promotes both physical and mental health [*].

This shows that teaching honesty isn’t just about encouraging children to do the right thing. It can also help them feel their best, both in mind and body.

By guiding kids to think about what they would do in different scenarios, these worksheets build self-awareness and help them apply honesty to their everyday choices.

These printable honesty activities work well for a variety of ages and settings:

• Preschool and kindergarten children can learn the basic concept of telling the truth versus telling lies. The worksheets are designed with simple language, clear examples, and visual cues, which work well for young children. Adults can read the prompts aloud, talk through each scenario, and help children explain their choices.
• Elementary and middle school students can read the prompts on their own, think through the scenarios more deeply, and explain why a choice is honest or dishonest. The worksheets encourage reflection, responsibility, and problem-solving, which align well with elementary and middle school social-emotional learning goals.
• Parents teaching honesty at home will find these worksheets helpful for starting conversations about truthfulness. They provide clear examples that kids can relate to, which makes it easier to talk through honest and dishonest choices in a calm, supportive way.
• Teachers, counselors, and therapists can incorporate these activities into character education lessons, social-emotional learning lessons, or individual counseling sessions. The worksheets provide a framework for discussions about integrity and making good choices.

Printable Honesty Worksheets

Our Honesty Worksheets are a 2-page printable activity set designed to help children understand and practice honesty.

Working through both pages helps kids see that telling the truth isn’t always easy, but it builds trust, responsibility, and stronger habits like owning up to mistakes and speaking truthfully, even when no one is watching.

What Does Honesty Mean

The What Does Honesty Mean? worksheet helps children understand honesty in simple terms. 
Instead of abstract definitions, the worksheet uses everyday examples that children can easily recognize.

Kids are asked to look at different actions and decide whether each one shows honesty or not. This encourages them to pause, think, and reflect on why certain behaviors are honest while others are not.

The activity builds self-awareness and helps children connect the idea of honesty to real situations they may face at home, school, or with friends.

Honesty in Action

Once children understand what honesty means, the next step is learning how to practice it.

The Honesty in Action worksheet helps children apply what they know about honesty to everyday situations. This activity presents common scenarios where telling the truth may feel challenging.

Kids are asked to think about what they would do, what the honest choice looks like, and why honesty matters in each situation. By working through the examples, children can practice making honest decisions.

Together, these worksheets build a strong foundation for honesty and make it easier for kids to understand the value and practice it daily.

BONUS: All About Honesty Handout

As a helpful addition, the bonus handout gives kids a quick way to review and remember what honesty means.

The All About Honesty handout goes beyond simple definitions to explain what honesty means and why it matters. It shows kids that honesty isn’t just about not lying. It includes how we act, what we leave out, and how we treat others and ourselves.

Tips to Encourage Honesty Beyond Worksheets

Printable honesty worksheets are a fun way for kids to practice telling the truth. These simple tips can help them take what they learn even further:

• Modeling honest behavior as adults is a powerful teaching tool. Children watch how the adults in their lives handle mistakes, communicate with others, and own up to errors. When you demonstrate honesty, even when it's uncomfortable, kids learn that truthfulness is worth the effort.
• Praising truth-telling, even when it’s hard, reinforces that you value honesty more than perfection. When a child admits to breaking a rule or making a mistake, acknowledge their courage in telling the truth before addressing the misbehavior. This approach helps kids understand that honesty itself is valued and won't always result in harsh consequences.
• Creating a safe space for kids to be honest means responding to truthfulness with understanding rather than anger. If children fear severe punishment every time they're honest about wrongdoing, they'll learn to hide the truth. Instead, create an environment where honest conversations can happen, mistakes can be learning opportunities, and telling the truth is always the better option.
• Using real-life examples helps children see honesty in context. When you encounter situations in daily life, whether in the news, in stories, or in your own experiences, talk about them with your children. Discuss what honesty looked like in that situation and why it mattered.

Start Helping Kids Practice Honesty Today

With honesty worksheets, children can learn the meaning of honesty and practice how to apply it in everyday situations. Combined with real-life modeling and supportive conversations, these tools help build a strong foundation of integrity.

Check out these additional resources for teaching honesty. Honesty activities for kids offer more hands-on ideas for teaching truthfulness, while books about honesty for kids provide a curated list of stories that bring honesty to life.

For more character education resources check out our character education worksheets and handouts.

References:

1. Jasmine Bender, Alison M. O'Connor, Angela D. Evans, Mirror, mirror on the wall: Increasing young children’s honesty through inducing self-awareness, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 167, 2018, Pages 414-422, ISSN 0022-0965, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.12.001.
2. Suud, Fitriah & Sutrisno, & Madjid, Abd. (2020). Honesty: A Multidimensional Study as Motivation for National Character Building. Hayula: Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Islamic Studies. 4. 99-116. 10.21009/004.01.06.