Gratitude€¦ · How can you show gratitude to your friends, family and teachers? Take a few minutes to draw a picture that shows a time you were grateful. #OtherPeopleMatter Week

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Day 1

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What is gratitude?

Have you ever been thankful? When?

Fairness

• Fairness means to…• Play by the rules • Take turns and share • Be open-minded; listen to others• Don’t take advantage of others• Don’t blame others carelessly • Treat all people fairly

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Karl Barth

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

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Video: Thankful!

What makes you thankful?

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Questions for the Class

• When you feel sad or upset can you think of something you have that makes you thankful?

• Let’s make a list of what we are thankful for! What are you thankful for?

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Day 2

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Gratitude

What does gratitude mean to you?

Fairness

• Fairness means to…• Play by the rules • Take turns and share • Be open-minded; listen to others• Don’t take advantage of others• Don’t blame others carelessly • Treat all people fairly

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Aesop

Gratitude turns what we have into enough

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As you watch….

As you watch and/or listen to the song “Grateful” think about what you are grateful for in your life. When you go home today, share with your family what you are grateful for in your life.

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Here is a song based on the story: Grateful

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Questions for the class:

● What is something you are grateful for?

● How can we show gratitude?

● Share with your friends one way you will tell someone you are grateful.

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Day 3

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A.A. Milne

Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it

could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.

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Activity: Thankful Friends!

• Let’s walk around to our friends and tell them why we are thankful for each of them.

• Don’t forget the little things!• It is okay if you can’t think of

something right now, you can always tell your friend later. We have all week! You should mean what you say!

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Day 4

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“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls

blossom.Marcel Proust

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Class Activity: I am thankful for…

• Students should sit in a circle with their legs straight out to the middle of the circle.

• The teacher will walk around the circle and gently pat each child’s head saying the words. “I am thankful for.” Do not say a name until, when you get to the child you want to chose you will say, “I am thankful for (Name).” That child stands up.

• The teacher then sits criss-cross in that child’s spot. • That child will then go around the circle and repeat the

thankful words as they pat a head and then choose the next person. Each student should have a turn.

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Day 5

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Reflection Journal

● Can you tell a friend what gratitude means?

● How can you show gratitude to your friends, family and teachers?

● Take a few minutes to draw a picture that shows a time you were grateful.

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Week 2, Day 1

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What’s something you are grateful for that happened during the weekend?

Fairness

• Fairness means to…• Play by the rules • Take turns and share • Be open-minded; listen to others• Don’t take advantage of others• Don’t blame others carelessly • Treat all people fairly

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“Thankfulness is the

beginning of gratitude.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Bear Says Thanks!

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Questions for the class:

● What did Bear say to each of his friends as they brought food into his lair?

● Bear thought he had nothing to share but his friends reminded him that he did. What did they tell him he could share?

● At the end of the story they all showed their gratitude by saying what word?

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Week 2, Day 2

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Nigel Hamilton

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and

gratitude.

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Llama Llama Gives Thanks!

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Questions for the Class

• What family members or friends will you see on Thanksgiving Day?

• What kind of food will you eat?

• What will you be grateful for on Thanksgiving Day?

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Additional Resources

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A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving Song!

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The Grateful Giraffe

You will engage in interactive yoga poses during this story!

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Practice Yoga Poses

Pause the video on the last page and ask the children which emotion they are feeling. Have the whole class hold that pose for a number count. Perhaps, a number you are working on.

Begin and end in grateful pose.

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Thanksgiving Resources

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Activity: Thankful Flower● Decorate a flower as directed by your

teacher.● Each child will write, or teacher will scribe, on

each petal of the flower items that the child is thankful for.

● This flower will help you remember you have many different things to be grateful for in your life!