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Ages 7+ · Life Skills · Being responsible
Being thankful
🔍notice🙏say thank you✏️write a slip🫙put it in the jar
Notice, say thank you, write it down.
The big ideaNoticing good things and saying thank you helps. Hard days are still okay.

How it works

Noticing good things and saying thank you can help us feel better.

We can say thank you, write it down, or make a card.

Some days are simply hard, and that is okay. Being thankful is noticing, not pretending.

Noticesomething goodSay thank youWrite it on aslipPut it in thejar
Kit's gratitude jar.

Example 1: A hard day with one good thing

  1. Kit's new kite blows into a tall tree, and he feels sad and cross.
  2. That is okay, and the feeling is allowed to stay.
  3. Bun, Rex and Dot come to help, without anybody asking them.

Example 2: A gratitude jar

  1. Kit says thank you to Bun, Rex and Dot.
  2. He writes, my friends helped me get my kite, on a paper slip.
  3. The slip goes plop into the jar, and on a hard day he can read the slips again.
🪁the kite✏️a slip🫙the jar
A jar of good things.

Example 3: A thank you card

  1. Kit folds a card and draws a sun with a big smile.
  2. Inside he writes, thank you for making my toast every morning.
  3. His grown-up says, that made my whole day.

Words to know

thankful
Glad for something good.
gratitude jar
A jar of slips, each with one good thing.
notice
To see something good.
appreciated
Knowing someone sees what you did.

Watch out

Try it

  1. Can a hard day still hold one good thing?
  2. What are three ways to say thanks?
  3. What goes in a gratitude jar?
  4. Is it okay to feel sad when something goes wrong?
Answers: 1. yes · 2. say it, write it down, make a card · 3. paper slips, each with one good thing · 4. yes
Try at homeTell a grown-up one good thing from today, big or small. Then say thank you to someone who helped you, or make them a card.
For grown-upsOffer a gratitude jar, never insist on one. Ask your child for one good thing from today, and let a hard day stay hard if it needs to.
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