The Thanksgiving season always reminds us of the importance of gratitude in our own lives and in our children’s. There are so many fun ways to encourage younger children to appreciate all that they have.

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Gratitude allows kids to have more self control, generosity, self worth and happiness! For this activity:

1. You will need: coloured lolly sticks (orange, yellow, purple, blue, red) and a bag. If you can’t find coloured lolly sticks, use plain ones and paint them the appropriate colours.
2. Place coloured sticks in a bag and jumble them.
3. Ask your child to choose one stick and according to the colour code, they can express their own concept of gratitude in simple terms.
4. Make sure that you take a turn as well, modelling gratitude is the best way to teach it!