Teaching Gratitude: Five Practices for Lower Elementary
Introduce gratitude (and kindness and care) to younger students through these five lessons.
Giving Thanks
Students define gratitude and name things they’re grateful for.
Sharing Gratitude Stories
Students share stories about a time they felt grateful.
Caring Intentions: Being Kind to Others
Students consider the intentions of characters in a story who are kind to others.
Looking for Gratitude in School
Students walk silently around school, noticing people they are grateful for and telling them so.
Acts of Kindness
Students draw and write about ways they have acted with kindness towards others.