All Practices
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Dialogue Journals for Elementary Students
Teachers and students converse with each other through letter writing.
Gratitude for Our Food
Students express gratitude towards the many people whose efforts have brought them food.
Gratitude Journal for Students
Students write five things they’re grateful for once a day for two weeks.
Gratitude Letter for Students
Students write a letter of thanks and deliver it in person.
Three Good Things for Students
Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.
A Time I Felt Grateful
Students define gratitude and give an example of a time they felt grateful.
Feelings of Gratitude
Students identify emotions related to gratitude.
Expressing Gratitude
Students reflect on why another person acted kindly towards them, and practice gratitude both verbally & in writing.
Another Way of Saying Thanks
Students learn to say “thank you” in American Sign Language and brainstorm non-verbal ways to express gratitude.
Gratitude Mirror
Students deepen their understanding of gratitude by “embodying” it.
What If We Didn’t Have This
Students imagine what life would be like without certain things in our classrooms or schools.
Gratitude Nature Walk
Students take a mindful walk in nature, noting what they are grateful for, and create a collaborative art piece of their experience.
Giving is Receiving
Students reflect on acts of kindness and how they often require intention and effort on the part of the person who does them.
What Really Matters
Students identify what gets in the way of expressing gratitude.
What's the Tint of Your Glasses?
Students learn how our different backgrounds give us different perspectives.
Put Down the Put-Downs
Create class community by brainstorming ways to stop put-downs.
Crooked Circle: A Game for Building Trust
A game involving balance and teamwork that helps build trust.
Superstar
Students build trust and inclusion through a quick and fun game that reveals their commonalities.
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